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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Porritts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Porritt at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Porritts at 2245 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Porritts 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

    1060 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Porritt (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cowsill at 1058. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2728 East 15th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R Porritt, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Buzza at 2724 and H R Hollingsworth at 2754. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8707 French Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W J Porritt, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Hartley at 8719. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3257 Heather Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • C C Porritt, an electrician at Stewart-Warner Sales 1940
    • Albert J Porritt, a yardman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V Evans at 3255 and M P Moran at 3277. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2245 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Porritt, a longshoreman 1940
    • Richard Porritt, a delivery at Orr & Allen 1940
    • Rose M Porritt, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Davis at 2239 and J M Crawford at 2247. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a delivery, an electrician, a longshoreman, a miner and a yardman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Marpole, Renfrew-Collingwood, South Cambie 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Porritt (no first name printed) at 1060 Alberni Street. R Porritt is listed at 2728 East 15th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Roy Porritt there as the householder, a miner.

W J Porritt is listed at 8707 French Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Porritt there as the householder, a foreman at Pacific Meat, with William J Porritt Jr, a student. C C Porritt is listed at 3257 Heather Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Porritt there as the householder, an electrician at Stewart-Warner Sales, with Albert J Porritt, a yardman at Alberta Lumber.

H Porritt is listed at 2245 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Porritt there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Richard Porritt, a delivery at Orr & Allen, and Rose M Porritt, widow of W.

Today

2245 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; 1060 Alberni (1988) and 2728 East 15th (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8707 French and 3257 Heather, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Porritts

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.