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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Warnes

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Warne 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.

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Where the Warnes 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

    2894 East Broadway

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J F Warne, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Ogden at 2838. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2162 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • John H Warne, a plasterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Gillard at 2144 and J H Phillifant at 2180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2486 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H J A Warne, a student at UBC 1940
    • Lillian Warne, a nurse at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Dumbrell at 2476 and Mrs E Zarrelli at 2496. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2860 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T F Warne, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Beard at 2820 and A J Rutherford at 2868. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2275 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E W Warne, a dispatcher at Arrow Transfer 1940
    • Mrs I Patricia Warne, proprietor of Service Coffee Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Butler at 2255 and Mrs W A Kuypers at 2291. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2054 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E G Warne, widow of A S 1940
    • John W Warne, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: B J Hunt at 2046 and L J McConaghy at 2060. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a dispatcher, a fireman, a grocer, a nurse, a plasterer and a proprietor. Two of them worked for UBC. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 F Warne, a grocer, at 2894 East Broadway; 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 John F Warne there, a grocer. The 1940 name section lists John H Warne at 2162 Venables Street, a plasterer.

H J A Warne is listed at 2486 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold J A Warne there as the householder, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe, with Hortense J Warne, a student at UBC, and Lillian Warne, a nurse at the BC Government. T F Warne is listed at 2860 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Theo F Warne there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

E W Warne is listed at 2275 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W Warne there as the householder, a dispatcher at Arrow Transfer, with Mrs I Patricia Warne, proprietor of Service Coffee Shop. Mrs E G Warne is listed at 2054 Whyte Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth G Warne there as the householder, widow of A S, with John W Warne, a student at UBC.

Today

2162 Venables and 2054 Whyte still have their buildings from before 1946; 2486 West 14th (1987) and 2860 West 16th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2894 East Broadway and 2275 West 1st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.