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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Busbys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Busby at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Busbys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6445 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E S Busby, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Butler at 6425. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    978 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lillian I Busby, a nurse 1940
    • Rose Busby, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Hodge at 958 and W Johncox at 990. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    777 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • Helen Busby, a domestic for Mrs A Davidson 1940

    Next door in 1940: McLean, Rowles & Co hairdrsr's supp at 775 and Irwinton Gro at 779. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1643 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert Busby, a helper at McDermott Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A W Chamen at 1637 and C E Collier at 1649. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2063 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H D Busby, a clerk at Canadian Fishing 1940
    • Constance I Busby, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A B Dunmore at 2055. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (2), a domestic, a helper and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists E S Busby at 6445 Adera Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward S Busby there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Lillian I Busby at 978 Broughton Street, a nurse, with Rose Busby, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Helen Busby at 777 Burrard Street, a domestic for Mrs A Davidson.

The 1940 name section lists Robert Busby at 1643 Nelson Street, a helper at McDermott Motors. H D Busby is listed at 2063 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry D Busby there as the householder, a clerk at Canadian Fishing, with Constance I Busby, a student at UBC.

Today

777 Burrard and 2063 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6445 Adera (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 978 Broughton and 1643 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.