Vancouver / Names / R / Routley

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Routleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Routley at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Rutley. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Routleys 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

    7069 Duff Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs M Routley, widow of F M 1940
    • Hugh R Routley, a sander at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Bryan at 7037. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2747 East 18th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W L Routley, a jeweller at Trayling & Waters 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bell at 2737. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2429 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W A Rutley, a manager at the Rutley Conservatory of Music 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Roberts at 2427 and H F E Smith at 2437. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a jeweller, a manager and a sander. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 M Routley at 7069 Duff 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 Mary Routley there as the householder, widow of F M, with Hugh R Routley, a sander at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists W L Routley at 2747 East 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William L Routley there as the householder, a jeweller at Trayling & Waters.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Rutley at 2429 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred A Rutley there as the householder, a manager at the Rutley Conservatory of Music.

Today

2747 East 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 7069 Duff and 2429 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Routleys

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Routley 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.