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The Botterills

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Botterill at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Botterell. 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 Botterills 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

    2366 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Botterill, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 2350 and R E Fitch at 2386. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    196 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T C Botterill, a manager at McKinney Mining & Development 1940
    • Maxine M Botterill, a finisher at Modernistic Studios 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Clampitt at 178. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3757 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A A Botterill, a driver at Sanitary Dry Cleaning 1940
    • Mrs M Thelma Botterill, a branch manager at Sanitary Dry Cleaning 1940

    Next door in 1940: M A Monson at 3753 and Beauty Salon Smart-Cut at 3759. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    734 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T H Botterell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Moore at 726 and J H Crellin at 744. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a branch manager, a driver, a finisher and a manager. Two of them worked for Sanitary Dry Cleaning. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Riley Park and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs J Botterill at 2366 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jennie Botterill there as the householder, widow of F. In 1940 the directory lists T C Botterill at 196 East 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Botterill there as the householder, a manager at McKinney Mining & Development, with Thomas Botterill, and Maxine M Botterill, a finisher at Modernistic Studios.

In 1940 the directory lists A A Botterill at 3757 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Aaron A Botterill there as the householder, a driver at Sanitary Dry Cleaning, with Mrs M Thelma Botterill, a branch manager at Sanitary Dry Cleaning. In 1940 the directory lists T H Botterell at 734 West 13th 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 lists Thomas H Botterell there as the householder, retired.

Today

The City no longer lists 2366 Cornwall, 196 East 17th, 3757 West 10th and 734 West 13th, 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, 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.