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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lutzes

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Lutz at five 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. The most under one roof: three Lutzes at 1852 West 1st in 1940.

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Where the Lutzes 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

    735 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Anna Lutz, a seamstress at Canadian Linen 1940
    • Freda Lutz, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Law at 719 and S H Artus at 749. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    71 East 64th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Lutz, a millworker at the Eburne Saw Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ross at 65 and J A Muir at 79. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1839 Frances Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C H Lutz, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Jewson at 1837 and Wong Quong at 1857. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1852 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Lutz, a longshoreman 1940
    • Eleanor E Lutz, a waitress at Marine Spot 1940
    • Ernest Lutz, a helper at National Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Blancard at 1848 and J S Morrison at 1858. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    172 West 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Albert Lutz, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a millworker (2), a cook, a helper, a longshoreman, a seamstress and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 Anna Lutz at 735 East 38th Avenue, a seamstress at Canadian Linen, with Freda Lutz, a cook. J Lutz is listed at 71 East 64th 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 Jacob Lutz there as the householder, a millworker at the Eburne Saw Mills.

C H Lutz is listed at 1839 Frances Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Lutz there as the householder, retired. J H Lutz is listed at 1852 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jacob H Lutz there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Eleanor E Lutz, a waitress at Marine Spot, and Ernest Lutz, a helper at National Biscuit.

The 1940 name section lists Albert Lutz at 172 West 4th Avenue, a millworker at BC Plywoods.

Today

735 East 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 71 East 64th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1839 Frances, 1852 West 1st and 172 West 4th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Lutzes

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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.