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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cuthills

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Cuthill at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Cuthills 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

    1916 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Cuthill, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge 1940
    • Agnes D Cuthill, a cashier at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Whenham at 1910 and Mrs M Alexander at 1924. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2205 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J T Cuthill, a bookbinder at Vancouver Boundary 1940

    Next door in 1940: M MacLeod at 2211. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    555 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Robert Cuthill, a foreman at Vancouver Boundary 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Phinney at 557. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2643 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • D J Cuthill, an accountant at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Du Temple at 2659. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2606 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R Cuthill 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Wightman at 2624. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3016 Willow Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Cuthill, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H D A Brabant at 3010 and H J Logan at 3020. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an accountant, a bookbinder, a cashier, a foreman, a steelworker and a swamper. Two of them worked for Vancouver Boundary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kitsilano and South Cambie. 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 R Cuthill at 1916 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Cuthill there as the householder, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge, with Agnes D Cuthill, a cashier at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists J T Cuthill at 2205 Parker 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 lists John T Cuthill there as the householder, a bookbinder at Vancouver Boundary.

The 1940 name section lists Robert Cuthill at 555 West 19th Avenue as the householder, a foreman at Vancouver Boundary. D J Cuthill is listed at 2643 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Doug J Cuthill there as the householder, an accountant at the National Harbours Board. R Cuthill is listed at 2606 West 3rd Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists R Cuthill at 3016 Willow Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Cuthill there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1916 East 3rd, 2205 Parker, 555 West 19th, 2643 West 33rd and 2606 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3016 Willow, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.