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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mearnses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Mearns at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Mearnses 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

    589 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Mearns, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Edwards at 569 and J S McBain at 591. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    27 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Mearns, a salesman at Vancouver Parts 1940
    • Bruce L Mearns, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Shires at 17 and P Bruckshaw at 41. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    473 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • John D C Mearns, a presser 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Brown at 479. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3516 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Walter E Mearns, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Berry at 3528. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    647 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Stewart Mearns 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Pert at 641 and G Williams at 651. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1077 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alex Mearns 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Greenaway at 1069 and A Jackson at 1079. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk, a logger, a millworker, a presser and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Sunset and West End. 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 Mearns at 589 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Mearns there as the householder, a millworker. In 1940 the directory lists W Mearns at 27 East 21st 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 lists William Mearns there as the householder, a superintendent at Associated Dairies, with William L Mearns, a salesman at Vancouver Parts, and Bruce L Mearns, a clerk.

The 1940 name section lists John D C Mearns at 473 East 43rd Avenue, a presser. The 1940 name section lists Walter E Mearns at 3516 Ontario Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Stewart Mearns at 647 Richards Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Mearns at 1077 Thurlow Street.

Today

589 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 27 East 21st (1992), 473 East 43rd (1971) and 3516 Ontario (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 647 Richards and 1077 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.