A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Longbottoms
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Longbottom at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Longbottoms lived
- 1
776 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- William E Longbottom, a driver at the Two Boy Messenger Service 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Haslett at 770 and C L Scott at 782. The block, door by door
- 2
57 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F Longbottom, a cattle dealer 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Harper at 55 and Parts Standard at 59. The block, door by door
- 3
2285 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs S A Longbottom 1940
Next door in 1940: J Watts at 2269. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cattle dealer and a driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 William E Longbottom at 776 East 21st Avenue, a driver at the Two Boy Messenger Service. F Longbottom is listed at 57 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Longbottom there as the householder, a cattle dealer. The 1940 name section lists Mrs S A Longbottom at 2285 West 6th Avenue as the householder.
Today
776 East 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2285 West 6th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 57 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Longbottom Wm E drvr Two Boy Msngr Serv776 East 21st, p. 354
- Longbottom F57 Kingsway, p. 97
- Longbottom Frank cattle dlr57 Kingsway, p. 354
- Longbottom Mrs S A2285 West 6th, p. 354
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Longbottoms
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Longbottom 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.