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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whiddens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Whidden at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Whiddens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    958 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • A S Whidden, proprietor of The Norwood 1940
    • Mrs Miriam Whidden, proprietor of The Rhodesia 1940

    Next door in 1940: berkeley (the) at 990. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8240 Fremlin Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J S Whidden, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Miles at 8264. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    975 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs R Whidden 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Mackay at 967 and Mrs M Johnstone at 985. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2426 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M D Whidden, a circulation district manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Fransen at 2416 and A Davidson at 2434. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a proprietor (2), a circulation district manager and a trackman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Marpole 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 A S Whidden at 958 Bute 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 Alonzo S Whidden there as the householder, proprietor of The Norwood, with Mrs Miriam Whidden, proprietor of The Rhodesia. In 1940 the directory lists J S Whidden at 8240 Fremlin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph S Whidden there as the householder, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Whidden at 975 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ruth Whidden there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists M D Whidden at 2426 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Morgan D Whidden there as the householder, a circulation district manager.

Today

958 Bute and 975 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 8240 Fremlin (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2426 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Whiddens

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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.