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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lothians

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Lothian at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Lothians 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

    1889 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret Lothian 1940

    Next door in 1940: king george apts at 1877. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1556 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James W Lothian, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Spalding at 1550 and J Calverley at 1562. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6111 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J J Lothian, a press foreman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr W Morris at 6137. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2748 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Lothian, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss S C Ferris at 2742 and J A Sanderson at 2774. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    256 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Lothian, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Jacobson at 250 and R Ratcliffe at 262. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    801 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Norman Lothian, a manager and secretary at Industrial Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a carpenter, a manager and secretary, a miner, a press foreman and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale, Strathcona and West End. 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 Margaret Lothian at 1889 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists James W Lothian at 1556 Kitchener Street, a printer. In 1940 the directory lists J J Lothian at 6111 Marguerite 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 J Lothian there as the householder, a press foreman at the Province.

In 1940 the directory lists E Lothian at 2748 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Lothian there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists R Lothian at 256 Vernon Drive. The 1940 name section lists Robert Lothian there as the householder, a miner.

The 1940 name section lists T Norman Lothian at 801 West Georgia Street, a manager and secretary at Industrial Supplies.

Today

1556 Kitchener, 2748 Oxford and 801 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 801 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6111 Marguerite (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1889 Haro and 256 Vernon Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street
4 November 1931 A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street. Not at the house at 6111 Marguerite: no archive photo of the 6100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4092. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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

The book of the Lothians

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.