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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rutters

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Rutter at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Rutters 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

    1823 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M E Rutter, widow of W H 1940
    • Leonard W Rutter, a candymaker at Beehive Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R MacDougall at 1827. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1319 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R T Rutter, a repair shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Hendry at 1317 and G E Brown at 1321. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1465 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F M Rutter, an assistant district engineer at the CPR 1940
    • A Isabel L Rutter, a social worker at the Provincial Child Guidance Clinic BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: lynnwood apartments at 1455 and shaughnessy mansions at 1483. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1437 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H Rutter, a department manager at Burns & Co 1940
    • Ray H Rutter, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: F F Smith at 1427 and Mrs E Hughes at 1449. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1886 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James L Rutter, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: madison (the) at 1876. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: an assistant district engineer, a candymaker, a department manager and a social worker. Two of them worked for Beehive Confectionery. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Shaughnessy. 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 E Rutter at 1823 Graveley 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 Marie E Rutter there as the householder, widow of W H, with Leonard W Rutter, a candymaker at Beehive Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists R T Rutter, a repair shop, at 1319 Howe Street.

F M Rutter is listed at 1465 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Fred M Rutter there as the householder, an assistant district engineer at the CPR, with A Isabel L Rutter, a social worker at the Provincial Child Guidance Clinic BC Government. H Rutter is listed at 1437 West 40th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Rutter there as the householder, a department manager at Burns & Co, with Ray H Rutter, a student at UBC.

The 1940 name section lists James L Rutter at 1886 West Broadway, a student.

Today

1823 Graveley, 1465 West 15th, 1437 West 40th and 1886 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 1319 Howe (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.