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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Barritts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Barritt 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. The most under one roof: three Barritts at 4127 Main in 1940.

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Where the Barritts 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

    1076 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H W Barritt, a driver at Spencer's 1940
    • Thomas F Barritt, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Nixon at 1062. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4737 Little Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Emma J Barritt, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Roberts at 4729 and J P Neilson at 4745. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4127 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Miss K E Barritt, a bakery 1940
    • Grace Barritt, a helper for Miss K E Barritt 1940
    • Kathleen E Barritt, who ran a bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: mackay block at 4123 and Windsor Barber Shop at 4129. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    679 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Harold Barritt, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Trotter at 677 and G D Mitchell at 681. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a bakery, a clerk, a driver, a gardener, a helper and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 H W Barritt at 1076 East 37th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert W Barritt there as the householder, a driver at Spencer's, with Thomas F Barritt, a clerk at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Emma J Barritt at 4737 Little Street, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

Miss K E Barritt, a bakery, is listed at 4127 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Grace Barritt there, a helper for Miss K E Barritt, with Kathleen E Barritt, who ran a bakery. The 1940 name section lists Harold Barritt at 679 West 19th Avenue, a gardener.

Today

679 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 4737 Little (1993) and 4127 Main (1960) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1076 East 37th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.