A family name on Stephens Street, Kitsilano
The Littles
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Little at two addresses in 1940, all on Stephens Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 51 other streets too, all listed on the Little name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Littles lived
- 1
1836 Stephens Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- G F H Little, a manufacturers agent 1940
- Aileen Little, a comptroller operator at Canadian Fishing 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Brook at 1830 and Mrs E Kinnaird at 1842. The block, door by door
- 2
2209 Stephens Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Little, a driver at BC Box 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S Campbell at 2203 and R Grad at 2215. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a comptroller operator, a driver and a manufacturers agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 G F H Little at 1836 Stephens 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 George Little there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with G Fred H Little, a salesman for W J Taaffe, and Aileen Little, a comptroller operator at Canadian Fishing. In 1940 the directory lists J Little at 2209 Stephens Street. The 1940 name section lists James Little there as the householder, a driver at BC Box.
Today
1836 Stephens and 2209 Stephens still have their buildings from before 1946, 1836 Stephens on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Little G F H1836 Stephens, p. 154
- Little Aileen compt opr Can Fishing1836 Stephens, p. 351
- Little G Fred H slsmn W J Taaffe1836 Stephens, p. 351
- Little Geo mfrs agt 507, 543 Granville1836 Stephens, p. 351
- Little J2209 Stephens, p. 154
- Little Jas drvr BC Box2209 Stephens, 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.