A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Boultbees
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Boultbee at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Boultbees lived
- 1
1219 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Frances A Boultbee 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C P Detwiler at 1201 and C D Hobbs at 1225. The block, door by door
- 2
566 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Sweet (wkshp) Boultbee 1940
Next door in 1940: Willingham & Jergens at 550 and J Dorward at 570. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
1014 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Beatrice C Boultbee, a home matron at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Leonard at 1004 and J O Kendall at 1026. The block, door by door
- 5
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs W Boultbee, a reporter at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a home matron, a president and a reporter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frances A Boultbee at 1219 Harwood Street. Sweet (wkshp) Boultbee is listed at 566 Hornby Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists E L Boultbee at 1860 Hosmer 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 E Leonard Boultbee there as the householder, a president at Boultbee Sweet & Co.
The 1940 name section lists Beatrice C Boultbee at 1014 West 11th Avenue, a home matron at the Vancouver General Hospital. Mrs W Boultbee is listed at 1040 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Watkin Boultbee there as the householder, a reporter at the Sun.
Today
1014 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1219 Harwood (1965), 1860 Hosmer (1964) and 1040 West Georgia (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 566 Hornby, 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.
- Boultbee Frances A1219 Harwood, p. 58
- Boultbee Sweet (wkshp)566 Hornby, p. 86
- *Boultbee E L1860 Hosmer, p. 86
- Boultbee E Leonard pres Boultbee Sweet & Co1860 Hosmer, p. 58
- Boultbee Beatrice C home matron Van Genl Hosp1014 West 11th, p. 58
- Boultbee Mrs W1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- Boultbee Mrs Watkin reporter Sun1040 West Georgia, p. 58
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Boultbees
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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.