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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Itters

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Itter 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 Itters 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

    3844 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H B Itter, an advertising agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Stockdale at 3832 and H C Fry at 3868. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    522 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H B Itter, an advertising agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snappy Clnrs at 520 and Office Specialty Mfg Co at 536. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1585 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W H Itter, of W H Itter & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Smalley at 1575 and H S Harvey at 1595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an advertising agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Fairview. 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 B Itter at 3844 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold B Itter there as the householder, an advertising agent. In 1940 the directory lists H B Itter, an advertising agent, at 522 Howe Street.

W H Itter is listed at 1585 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William H Itter there as the householder, of W H Itter & Son.

Today

1585 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3844 Blenheim and 522 Howe, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Itters

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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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.