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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Butts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Butt at eight 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 Butts 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

    663 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Henry Butt, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Goodfellow at 659. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles J Butt 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    833 Pacific Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Percy H Butt, a president at Butt & Bowes 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Herniman at 823 and M Sparling at 851. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    645 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W S Butt, an agent for London Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Manahan at 655. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    116 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs L M Butt, widow of W 1940
    • Doug R Butt, a salesman at Butt & Bowes 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M McNab at 108 and C Smith at 122. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3261 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs H D Butt, widow of R L 1940

    Next door in 1940: R D Cosson at 3253 and A E McIlwaine at 3267. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Butt 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1066 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C J Butt, a tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Remedies Asal at 1064 and frindsbury apts at 1068. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: an agent, a president, a salesman and a tailor. Two of them worked for Butt & Bowes. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Butt at 663 Cambie Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Butt at 1060 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Percy H Butt at 833 Pacific Street, a president at Butt & Bowes.

W S Butt is listed at 645 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter S Butt there as the householder, an agent for London Life. Mrs L M Butt is listed at 116 West 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lily M Butt there as the householder, widow of W, with Doug R Butt, a salesman at Butt & Bowes.

Mrs H D Butt is listed at 3261 West 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 Hilda D Butt there as the householder, widow of R L. The 1940 name section lists George Butt at 50 West Cordova Street. In 1940 the directory lists C J Butt, a tailor, at 1066 West Pender Street.

Today

1060 Granville, 3261 West 21st and 50 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 663 Cambie, 833 Pacific, 645 West 13th, 116 West 21st and 1066 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.