A family name on East 50th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Booths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Booth at two addresses in 1940, all on East 50th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 38 other streets too, all listed on the Booth name's own page.
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Where the Booths lived
- 1
1928 East 50th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- R M Booth, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: A Williams at 1948. The block, door by door
- 2
1976 East 50th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J R Booth, retired 1940
- William H Booth, a driver at McKeown & Wilson Drugs 1940
Next door in 1940: A Williams at 1948. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a police officer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2). 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 R M Booth at 1928 East 50th 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 Ralph M Booth there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J R Booth at 1976 East 50th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph R Booth there as the householder, retired, with William H Booth, a driver at McKeown & Wilson Drugs.
Today
1976 East 50th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1928 East 50th (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Booth R M1928 East 50th, p. 266
- Booth Ralph M police Van City1928 East 50th, p. 56
- *Booth J R1976 East 50th, p. 266
- Booth Jos R retired1976 East 50th, p. 56
- Booth Wm H drvr McKeown & Wilson Drugs1976 East 50th, p. 56
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Booths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Booth name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.