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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bottomleys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Bottomley at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Bottomleys 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

    5041 Earles Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Bottomley, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Mercer at 5025 and T W Mills at 5069. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    41 East 27th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • May T Bottomley, a housekeeper for S M McCombie 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Myers at 15 and A McCuish at 51. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Herbert Bottomley, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a barber, a carpenter and a housekeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Strathcona. 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 J Bottomley at 5041 Earles 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Bottomley there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists May T Bottomley at 41 East 27th Avenue, a housekeeper for S M McCombie. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Bottomley at 917 Main Street, a barber.

Today

41 East 27th and 917 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 5041 Earles, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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.