A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Muttons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Mutton at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Muttons lived
- 1
2467 West 47th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H L Mutton, an electrician at Boeings 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Hopgood at 2455. The block, door by door
- 2
163 West Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Henry G Mutton, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: J Clark at 155 and Mrs E J Thorburn at 175. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a cook and an electrician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale 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
In 1940 the directory lists H L Mutton at 2467 West 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H Lewis Mutton there as the householder, an electrician at Boeings. The 1940 name section lists Henry G Mutton at 163 West Broadway, a cook.
Today
2467 West 47th and 163 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mutton H L2467 West 47th, p. 264
- Mutton H Lewis electn Boeings2467 West 47th, p. 451
- Mutton Henry G cook163 West Broadway, p. 451
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Muttons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mutton 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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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.