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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Boothes

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Boothe at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Boothes 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

    925 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • R H Boothe, a traveller freight agent at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Robinson at 975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2883 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Weldon E Boothe, a salesman for W Jaynes 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Braden at 2865. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6543 Maple Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J H Boothe, proprietor of the Dunbar Theatre 1940
    • Audrey L Boothe, a cashier at the Dunbar Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr H R Ross at 6531 and G E Appelbe at 6555. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1596 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F H Boothe, a bookkeeper at the Dunbar Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    60 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T H Boothe, retired 1940
    • Gwen Boothe, a telephone operator at Cassidy's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A S Homewood at 46 and W A Gregory at 62. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4004 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W D Boothe, a cartoonist at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Macdonald at 4002 and H J Moore at 4008. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a bookkeeper, a cartoonist, a cashier, a proprietor, a salesman and a telephone operator, among others. Three of them worked for Dunbar Theatre.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale, Riley Park 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 R H Boothe at 925 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ralph H Boothe there as the householder, a traveller freight agent at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Weldon E Boothe at 2883 Dundas Street, a salesman for W Jaynes.

J H Boothe is listed at 6543 Maple Street 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 J Howard Boothe there as the householder, proprietor of the Dunbar Theatre, with Audrey L Boothe, a cashier at the Dunbar Theatre. F H Boothe is listed at 1596 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Franklin H Boothe there as the householder, a bookkeeper at the Dunbar Theatre.

T H Boothe is listed at 60 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Boothe there as the householder, retired, with Gwen Boothe, a telephone operator at Cassidy's. J W D Boothe is listed at 4004 West 31st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jack W D Boothe there as the householder, a cartoonist at the Province.

Today

925 Bute and 4004 West 31st still have their buildings from before 1946, 925 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2883 Dundas (1995), 6543 Maple (1996), 1596 West 14th (2000) and 60 West 19th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Women beside a car on unpaved Maple Street, among them Maud Boscawen Matthews, with a plank sidewalk beside it
1912 Women beside a car on unpaved Maple Street, among them Maud Boscawen Matthews, with a plank sidewalk beside it. Not at the house at 6543 Maple: no archive photo of the 6500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P90.08. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 13 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.