A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rothenbushes
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Rothenbush 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. The most under one roof: three Rothenbushes at 1170 Barclay in 1940.
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Where the Rothenbushes lived
- 1
1170 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs O Rothenbush, widow of J 1940
- Eileen L Rothenbush, a comptroller operator at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
- J Warren Rothenbush, a clerk at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Milloy at 1134 and A Arnaud at 1172. The block, door by door
- 2
7043 Clarendon Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- C F Rothenbush, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Peters at 7065. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a comptroller operator and a millworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview 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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs O Rothenbush at 1170 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Olive Rothenbush there as the householder, widow of J, with Eileen L Rothenbush, a comptroller operator at Macdonalds Consolidated, and J Warren Rothenbush, a clerk at American Can. In 1940 the directory lists C F Rothenbush at 7043 Clarendon 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 Charles F Rothenbush there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
1170 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 7043 Clarendon, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rothenbush Mrs O1170 Barclay, p. 8
- Rothenbush Eileen L compt opr Macdonalds Consol1170 Barclay, p. 534
- Rothenbush J Warren clk Am Can1170 Barclay, p. 534
- Rothenbush Olive wid J waitress Georgia Hotel1170 Barclay, p. 534
- *Rothenbush C F7043 Clarendon, p. 31
- Rothenbush Chas F mlwkr BC Plywoods7043 Clarendon, p. 534
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rothenbushes
Every directory, as one book
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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.