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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Boutiliers

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Boutilier at eight 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 Boutiliers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2652 Duke Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F Boutilier, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Spriggs at 2638 and W Adams at 2660. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2752 Duke Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H R Boutilier, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E McCaughran at 2744 and A E Langford at 2760. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    359 East 35th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C W Boutilier, a candy maker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Evans at 331 and H Turkington at 383. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3192 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J A Boutilier, a printer 1940
    • Mildred R Boutilier 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Crooks at 3164. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2425 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • L Boutilier, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Keen's at 2421 and H G Finch at 2427. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    806 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Boutilier (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Gallazin at 804 and Love & Co at 808. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1731 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W C Boutilier, an electrician at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Power at 1723. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3347 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M P Boutilier, a cashier at the Stanley Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Small at 3329 and L W Frayer at 3361. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a laborer (2), a candy maker, a cashier, an electrician, an engineer and a printer. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Downtown, Fairview, Killarney 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 F Boutilier at 2652 Duke 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 Frederick Boutilier there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists H R Boutilier at 2752 Duke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herman R Boutilier there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists C W Boutilier at 359 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Clif W Boutilier there as the householder, a candy maker. In 1940 the directory lists J A Boutilier at 3192 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James A Boutilier there as the householder, a printer, with Mildred R Boutilier.

In 1940 the directory lists L Boutilier at 2425 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence Boutilier there as the householder, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Boutilier (no first name printed) at 806 Richards Street.

W C Boutilier is listed at 1731 Stephens Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter C Boutilier there as the householder, an electrician at the City of Vancouver. Mrs M P Boutilier is listed at 3347 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs May P Boutilier there as the householder, a cashier at the Stanley Theatre.

Today

1731 Stephens and 3347 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 359 East 35th (2011) and 3192 East 45th (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2652 Duke, 2752 Duke, 2425 Granville and 806 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.