A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bottrels
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Bottrel at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bottrell. 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 Bottrels lived
- 1
159 East 28th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- A S Bottrell 1940
- Irene Bottrell, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: J Williams at 143 and W Schlapbach at 165. The block, door by door
- 2
3196 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs E Bottrel, widow of W 1940
- Frank E Bottrel, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: A Roberts at 3160. The block, door by door
- 3
1456 East 8th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Frank E Bottrell, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: R D Morgan at 1448 and P McAlister at 1474. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver (2) and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Riley Park. 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 A S Bottrell at 159 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert S Bottrell there as the householder, with Irene Bottrell, a saleswoman at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Bottrel at 3196 East 2nd 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 Ellen Bottrel there as the householder, widow of W, with Frank E Bottrel, a driver.
The 1940 name section lists Frank E Bottrell at 1456 East 8th Avenue, a driver.
Today
159 East 28th and 1456 East 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3196 East 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bottrell A S159 East 28th, p. 243
- Bottrell Albt S159 East 28th, p. 57
- Bottrell Irene slswm Woodwards159 East 28th, p. 57
- *Bottrel Mrs E3196 East 2nd, p. 175
- Bottrel Ellen wid W3196 East 2nd, p. 57
- Bottrel Frank E drvr3196 East 2nd, p. 57
- Bottrell Frank E drvr1456 East 8th, p. 57
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.