A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Littles
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Little at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. 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
1345 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Henry Little 1940
Next door in 1940: A L McWilliams at 1335 and J N Merrill at 1355. The block, door by door
- 2
1355 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- W Little, a sheet metal worker at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: M R Dexter at 1345 and M C Chisholm at 1365. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a sheet metal worker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Little at 1345 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Little at 1355 West 13th Avenue, a sheet metal worker at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
1345 West 13th (1964) and 1355 West 13th (1961) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Little Henry1345 West 13th, p. 351
- Little W sht mtl wkr Burrard Dry Dock1355 West 13th, p. 351
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.