A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Butlers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Butler at two addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd Avenue, with the close spelling Buttler. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Butler name's own page.
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Where the Butlers lived
- 1
3438 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W G Butler, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Bennett at 3420 and A Butler at 3452. The block, door by door
- 2
3452 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A Butler, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Robert A Butler, a driver at Frasea Farms 1940
Next door in 1940: W G Butler at 3438. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, a driver and an employee.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 Butler at 3438 West 32nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred G Butler there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists A Butler at 3452 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Butler there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Robert A Butler, a driver at Frasea Farms.
Today
3438 West 32nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 3452 West 32nd (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Butler W G3438 West 32nd, p. 248
- Butler Wilfd G emp BC Tel3438 West 32nd, p. 84
- *Butler A3452 West 32nd, p. 248
- Butler Arth cond BCER3452 West 32nd, p. 84
- Butler Robt A drvr Frasea Farms3452 West 32nd, p. 84
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Butlers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Butler name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.