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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Puttonens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Puttonen at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Puttonens 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

    2780 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs H Puttonen, widow of O 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Dale at 2766 and G Silversides at 2784. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2490 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Puttonen, a logger 1940
    • K Charles Puttonen, an apprentice at the Talk of the Town Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Scoble at 2472. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3536 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Toivo H Puttonen, a metal worker at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McL Keist at 3528 and A G Hopkins at 3550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an apprentice, a logger and a metal worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs H Puttonen at 2780 Adanac 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Hilma Puttonen there as the householder, widow of O. In 1940 the directory lists A Puttonen at 2490 Turner Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Puttonen there as the householder, a logger, with Allen Puttonen, and K Charles Puttonen, an apprentice at the Talk of the Town Cafe.

The 1940 name section lists Toivo H Puttonen at 3536 West 13th Avenue, a metal worker at Begg Motor.

Today

3536 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2780 Adanac (1986) and 2490 Turner (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.