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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Buzzas

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Buzza at six 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. The most under one roof: three Buzzas at 2822 East 24th in 1940.

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Where the Buzzas 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

    2724 East 15th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J A Buzza, a driver at Clarke & Buzza 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Doidge at 2716 and R Porritt at 2728. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2822 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D E Buzza, a managing director at Clarke & Buzza 1940
    • Allan G Buzza, a clerk at Clarke & Buzza 1940
    • G Mae Buzza, a bookkeeper at Clarke & Buzza 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev E A Beavon at 2832. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    468 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George Buzza 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Sweet at 450 and T Masuda at 498. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3577 Marshall Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Cecil E Buzza, a driver at Clarke & Buzza 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Smythe at 3571 and H Hodgson at 3585. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2333 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Buzza (no first name printed) 1940
  6. 6

    5005 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs N Buzza 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Swanson at 5015. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a driver (2), a bookkeeper, a clerk and a managing director. Five of them worked for Clarke & Buzza.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 J A Buzza at 2724 East 15th Avenue; 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 James A Buzza there as the householder, a driver at Clarke & Buzza. In 1940 the directory lists D E Buzza at 2822 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David E Buzza there as the householder, a managing director at Clarke & Buzza, with Allan G Buzza, a clerk at Clarke & Buzza, and G Mae Buzza, a bookkeeper at Clarke & Buzza.

The 1940 name section lists George Buzza at 468 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecil E Buzza at 3577 Marshall Street, a driver at Clarke & Buzza. The 1940 name section lists Buzza (no first name printed) at 2333 Ontario Street.

Mrs N Buzza is listed at 5005 Prince Albert Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Nellie Buzza there as the householder.

Today

2822 East 24th (1988), 468 East 5th (2010), 2333 Ontario (1987) and 5005 Prince Albert (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2724 East 15th and 3577 Marshall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Buzzas

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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.