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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whipples

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Whipple 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 Whipples lived

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

    30 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John F Whipple 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Horton at 28 and Mrs L G Condon at 32. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    155 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A H Whipple, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Grimmett at 147 and W J McDonald at 161. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    626 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Annie A Whipple, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Palmer at 616 and H C McBride at 636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5078 Ross Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs B M Whipple, widow of T L 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hemrich at 5022. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a fire captain and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 John F Whipple at 30 East 10th Avenue. A H Whipple is listed at 155 East 24th 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 Allen H Whipple there as the householder, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Annie A Whipple at 626 East 50th Avenue, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B M Whipple at 5078 Ross Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice M Whipple there as the householder, widow of T L.

Today

155 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 30 East 10th (1966), 626 East 50th (2001) and 5078 Ross (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Whipples

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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.