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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Buftons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Bufton at four 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. The most under one roof: three Buftons at 6730 Lancaster in 1940.

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Where the Buftons 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

    2486 Brock Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W G Bufton, a shoe maker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Armitage at 2476 and D Eddy at 2496. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1520 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H G Bufton, a florist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tiny's Serv at 1510 and Dr J McK Macdonald at 1524. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6730 Lancaster Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • G H Bufton, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • George J Bufton, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Wallace A Bufton, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: M P Grant at 6716 and J A Wright at 6740. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3649 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C F Bufton, a florist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Macdonald at 3657. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a laborer (2), a millworker and a shoe maker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Killarney, Kitsilano and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W G Bufton at 2486 Brock 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 Wallace G Bufton there as the householder, a shoe maker. In 1940 the directory lists H G Bufton, a florist, at 1520 Commercial Drive.

G H Bufton is listed at 6730 Lancaster Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George H Bufton there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with George J Bufton, a laborer at Canadian White Pine, and Wallace A Bufton, a millworker at BC Plywoods. C F Bufton, a florist, is listed at 3649 West Broadway in 1940.

Today

2486 Brock (1997) and 6730 Lancaster (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1520 Commercial Drive and 3649 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.