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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Arbuthnots

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Arbuthnot at five 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 Arbuthnots 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

    4269 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Lilace M Arbuthnot, a librarian 1940

    Next door in 1940: C P Anderson at 4249 and A Arnot at 4289. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1875 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J W Arbuthnot, widow of M 1940
    • Ron M Arbuthnot, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss D F Turnbull at 1865 and Miss J M Milne at 1895. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1446 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J Arbuthnot, widow of G 1940
    • Velma Arbuthnot, a stenographer at Bird & Bird 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Bavester at 1436 and riviera (the) at 1456. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    590 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W T Arbuthnot, a manager at Arbutus S&D 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Baker at 584 and N K Kennedy at 592. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arbuthnot (no first name printed) 1940
    • Mrs L Arbuthnot 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a librarian, a manager and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lilace M Arbuthnot at 4269 Osler Street, a librarian. Mrs J W Arbuthnot is listed at 1875 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jean W Arbuthnot there as the householder, widow of M, with Ron M Arbuthnot, a student.

Mrs J Arbuthnot is listed at 1446 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Arbuthnot there as the householder, widow of G, with Velma Arbuthnot, a stenographer at Bird & Bird. W T Arbuthnot is listed at 590 West 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 W Thomas Arbuthnot there as the householder, a manager at Arbutus S&D.

The 1940 name section lists Arbuthnot (no first name printed) at 900 West Georgia Street, with Mrs L Arbuthnot.

Today

4269 Osler, 590 West 21st and 900 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 900 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1875 West 11th and 1446 West 12th, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.