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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Litts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Litt 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 Litts 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

    3271 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Litt, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Carrasco at 3259 and L Jago at 3279. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3402 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Litt, proprietor of the Cassiar Mushroom Farm 1940
    • Robert A Litt, who worked for the Cassiar Mushroom Farm 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Holloway at 3408. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1037 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Helen Litt, an assistant for L M Gold 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Quinn at 1033 and W Greenaway at 1069. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    705 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Freda Litt, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Orr at 715. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an assistant, an employee, a proprietor, a school janitor and a ward assistant. Two of them worked for Cassiar Mushroom Farm.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Fairview and West End. 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 Litt at 3271 East Georgia 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 William Litt there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists A Litt at 3402 Napier Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Litt there as the householder, proprietor of the Cassiar Mushroom Farm, with Robert A Litt, who worked for the Cassiar Mushroom Farm.

The 1940 name section lists Helen Litt at 1037 Thurlow Street, an assistant for L M Gold. The 1940 name section lists Freda Litt at 705 West 8th Avenue, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

3271 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3402 Napier, 1037 Thurlow and 705 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street
About 1918 A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street. Not at the house at 3402 Napier: no archive photo of the 3400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 1548. 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 Litts

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.