A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Albutts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Albutt at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Albutts lived
- 1
1741 East 36th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C Albutt, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
- Edith B Albutt, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: W Robertson at 1735 and G J Hazard at 1747. The block, door by door
- 2
909 Jervis Street
West End, 1940
- W J Albutt, a president at W J Albutt & Co Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: A W Edwards at 901 and roslyn (the) at 935. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a fitter, a president and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 C Albutt at 1741 East 36th 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 Charles Albutt there as the householder, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock, with Edith B Albutt, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists W J Albutt at 909 Jervis Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Albutt there as the householder, a president at W J Albutt & Co Ltd.
Today
1741 East 36th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 909 Jervis, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Albutt C1741 East 36th, p. 252
- Albutt Chas ftr Burrard Dry Dock1741 East 36th, p. 7
- Albutt Edith B slswm HBC1741 East 36th, p. 7
- *Albutt W J909 Jervis, p. 91
- Albutt Walter J pres W J Albutt & Co Ltd909 Jervis, p. 7
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Albutts
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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.