A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beltons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Belton at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Beltons lived
- 1
1381 Beach Avenue
West End, 1940
- Lawrence A Belton, a clerk for Quaker Oats 1940
Next door in 1940: tudor manor at 1311. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
6753 Sherbrooke Street
Sunset, 1940
- C E Belton, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Nelson at 6783. The block, door by door
- 4
1530 West 66th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- Rev F K Belton, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Downham at 1512 and R Kerr at 1542. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a laborer and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Marpole, 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lawrence A Belton at 1381 Beach Avenue, a clerk for Quaker Oats. The 1940 name section lists Belton at 1608 Franklin Street. In 1940 the directory lists C E Belton at 6753 Sherbrooke Street; 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 Charles E Belton there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.
In 1940 the directory lists Rev F K Belton at 1530 West 66th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rev Frederick K Belton there as the householder, on active service.
Today
1530 West 66th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6753 Sherbrooke (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1381 Beach and 1608 Franklin, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Belton Lawrence A clk Quaker Oats1381 Beach, p. 42
- Belton1608 Franklin, p. 42
- *Belton C E6753 Sherbrooke, p. 151
- Belton Chas E lab Can White Pine6753 Sherbrooke, p. 42
- Belton Rev F K1530 West 66th, p. 272
- Belton Rev Fredk K act serv1530 West 66th, p. 42
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Beltons
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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.