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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Butlers

In the city directories 1940 · 64 addresses on 55 streets

The directories print the Butler name at 64 addresses on 55 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Buttler. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Butlers lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End10 addresses
  2. Dunbar-Southlands8 addresses
  3. Kitsilano7 addresses
  4. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  5. Fairview5 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  7. Downtown4 addresses
  8. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  10. Marpole2 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  12. Strathcona2 addresses
  13. Sunset2 addresses
  14. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  17. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    East Pender StreetThree addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; six people: A Butler, H W Butler and W W Butler, and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: C A Butler and Mary E Butler
    1940
  3. 3
    Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Minnie Butler and Mrs M Butler
    1940
  4. 4
    Powell StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Arthur Butler and James Butler
    1940
  5. 5
    Salsbury DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; five people: F C Butler, Mrs E J Butler and Don A Butler, and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: M Butler and Mrs J H Butler
    1940
  7. 7
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; five people: A J Butler, J C Butler and Arthur M Butler, and two more
    1940
  8. 8
    West 32nd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: A Butler, W G Butler and Robert A Butler
    1940
  9. 9
    Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: J Butler
    1940
  10. 10
    Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: H R Butler
    1940
  11. 11
    Argyle StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: Mrs J J Butler
    1940
  12. 12
    Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Helen Butler
    1940

43 more streets, by name: Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Gladstone Street (1), Granville Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Heather Street (1), Hull Street (1), Napier Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Osler Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 65th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 64 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 20 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.