A family name on Joyce Street, Renfrew-Collingwood and Killarney
The Littles
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Little at two addresses in 1940, all on Joyce Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Littles at 5085 Joyce in 1940. The directories print the name on 51 other streets too, all listed on the Little name's own page.
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Where the Littles lived
- 1
5085 Joyce Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- B H Little, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940
- Alice Little 1940
- Vernon R Little, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: A Kermeen at 5075 and H Little at 5091. The block, door by door
- 2
5091 Joyce Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- H Little, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: B H Little at 5085 and Collingwood Conf at 5095. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer (2) and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 B H Little at 5085 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Balfour H Little there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's, with Alice Little, and Vernon R Little, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists H Little at 5091 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section lists Howard Little there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
The City no longer lists 5085 Joyce and 5091 Joyce, 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.
- Little B H5085 Joyce, p. 92
- Little Alice5085 Joyce, p. 351
- Little Balfour H lab Buckerfield's5085 Joyce, p. 351
- Little Vernon R mlwkr BC Plywoods5085 Joyce, p. 351
- Little H5091 Joyce, p. 92
- Little Howard lab5091 Joyce, p. 351
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Littles
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Little name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.