A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Shottons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Shotton at three 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 Shottons lived
- 1
4020 Beatrice Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C D Shotton, a maintenanceman at Woodward's 1940
- Ron H Shotton, a packer at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Greenwood at 4004 and Mrs S Steeves at 4030. The block, door by door
- 2
1556 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs E E Shotton, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Innes at 1552 and O Bohm at 1562. The block, door by door
- 3
914 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Harry Shotton, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a maintenanceman and a packer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 C D Shotton at 4020 Beatrice 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 Charles D Shotton there as the householder, a maintenanceman at Woodward's, with Ron H Shotton, a packer at American Can. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E E Shotton at 1556 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth E Shotton there as the householder, widow of A.
The 1940 name section lists Harry Shotton at 914 West Pender Street, retired.
Today
4020 Beatrice (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1556 Venables and 914 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.
- *Shotton C D4020 Beatrice, p. 10
- Shotton Chas D maintenancemn Woodwards4020 Beatrice, p. 559
- Shotton Ron H pkr Am Can4020 Beatrice, p. 559
- *Shotton Mrs E E1556 Venables, p. 160
- Shotton Eliz E wid A1556 Venables, p. 559
- Shotton Harry retired914 West Pender, p. 559
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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.