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The Butterworths

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Butterworth at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Butterworths 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

    1115 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • H Butterworth, rooms to let 1940
    • Myrtle A Butterworth, a stenographer for G Gray 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Livingstone at 1111 and A D McLean at 1121. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3363 Church Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J D Butterworth, an attendant at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Foster at 3343. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1141 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Butterworth (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: G N Hayward at 1137 and K L Wood at 1143. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2126 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Butterworth, a yardman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Carle at 2120 and W H Somerville at 2130. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1820 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Butterworth, a transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Jamieson at 1860. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    125 East 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Butterworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Watson at 123 and A Biscaro at 131. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    20 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M N Butterworth, a machinist at BC Marine 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Bramble at 12 and A W Hatton at 36. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1209 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • D C Butterworth, an agent for Metro Life 1940
    • Freda Butterworth, a parceller at Spencer's 1940
  9. 9

    2914 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T C Butterworth, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Lawrence at 2906 and J A Thomson at 2922. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3566 West 40th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Butterworth, a clerk at Canada Western Cord 1940
    • Edith Butterworth, a typist at the Dominion Income Tax 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Musgrove at 3558 and D C Ruggles at 3576. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: an agent, an attendant, a clerk, a machinist, a parceller and a salesman, among others. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 H Butterworth, rooms to let, at 1115 Barclay 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 Myrtle A Butterworth there, a stenographer for G Gray. In 1940 the directory lists J D Butterworth at 3363 Church Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Don Butterworth there as the householder, an attendant at Union Oil.

The 1940 name section lists Butterworth (no first name printed) at 1141 Davie Street. W Butterworth is listed at 2126 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Butterworth there as the householder, a yardman at the CPR.

H Butterworth, a transfer, is listed at 1820 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold Butterworth there as the householder, a transfer. The 1940 name section lists E Butterworth at 125 East 2nd Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists M N Butterworth at 20 East 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm N Butterworth there as the householder, a machinist at BC Marine. In 1940 the directory lists D C Butterworth at 1209 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section lists David C Butterworth there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life, with Freda Butterworth, a parceller at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists T C Butterworth at 2914 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Butterworth there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists W Butterworth at 3566 West 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Butterworth there as the householder, a clerk at Canada Western Cord, with Edith Butterworth, a typist at the Dominion Income Tax.

Today

2126 East 1st, 1209 Jervis, 2914 West 37th and 3566 West 40th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1209 Jervis on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3363 Church (1996), 1141 Davie (1970) and 20 East 39th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1115 Barclay, 1820 East 22nd and 125 East 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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.