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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whileys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Whiley at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Whileys 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

    4586 Beatrice Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T J Whiley, an elevator operator at Spencer's 1940
    • Harold J Whiley, of Buy-Rite Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Alty at 4568 and A Jensen at 4596. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1290 Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A T Whiley, a baker at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Miller at 1280. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a baker and an elevator operator. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 T J Whiley at 4586 Beatrice 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 Thomas J Whiley there as the householder, an elevator operator at Spencer's, with Harold J Whiley, of Buy-Rite Grocery. In 1940 the directory lists A T Whiley at 1290 Garden Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Archibald T Whiley there as the householder, a baker at Spencer's.

Today

4586 Beatrice and 1290 Garden Drive still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Whileys

Every directory, as one book

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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.