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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rowbottoms

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Rowbottom at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Rowbottoms 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

    964 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Rowbottom, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Lapashe at 958 and J Regan at 966. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1611 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • H T Rowbottom, an inspector at U S Immigration 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Blair at 1627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1986 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Rowbottom, a laborer at E C & E 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacDonald at 1922. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1282 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Stan Rowbottom, a clerk at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss R Tanner at 1280 and H Walker at 1286. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, an electrician, an inspector and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and Grandview-Woodland. 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 W Rowbottom at 964 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter Rowbottom there as the householder, an electrician. In 1940 the directory lists H T Rowbottom at 1611 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Henry T Rowbottom there as the householder, an inspector at U S Immigration.

In 1940 the directory lists R Rowbottom at 1986 East 8th Avenue; 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 Robert Rowbottom there as the householder, a laborer at E C & E. The 1940 name section lists Stan Rowbottom at 1282 Haro Street, a clerk at the BC Government.

Today

1986 East 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 1611 Davie (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 964 Burrard and 1282 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street
1942 Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street. Not at the house at 964 Burrard: no archive photo of the 900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1184-1239. Public domain.

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 Rowbottoms

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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.