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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McBryers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McBryer at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 McBryers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2731 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A A McBryer, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E Bowers at 2779. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    115 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • McBryer (no first name printed), a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Robinson at 111 and Mrs M E Douglas at 117. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    235 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Mary MacBryer, a maid 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Nicholson at 237. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a longshoreman, a maid and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A A McBryer at 2731 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex A McBryer there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists McBryer (no first name printed) at 115 West 10th Avenue, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary MacBryer at 235 West 10th Avenue, a maid.

Today

115 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2731 Nanaimo (1997) and 235 West 10th (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 McBryers

Every directory, as one book

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.