A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Whitcutts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Whitcutt at one address, 6556 Balsam Street in Kerrisdale, in 1940.
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The Whitcutts at home
- 1
6556 Balsam Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs M McI Whitcutt 1940
- Harry McI Whitcutt, a delivery at B&K Economy Cash Stores 1940
- Hugh Whitcutt, a delivery at B&K Economy Cash Stores 1940
- John Whitcutt, a chauffeur 1940
Next door in 1940: H Sharples at 6568. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a delivery (2) and a chauffeur. Two of them worked for B&K Economy Cash Stores.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kerrisdale. 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 Mrs M McI Whitcutt at 6556 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Mary McI Whitcutt there as the householder, with Harry McI Whitcutt, a delivery at B&K Economy Cash Stores, Hugh Whitcutt, a delivery at B&K Economy Cash Stores, and John Whitcutt, a chauffeur.
Today
6556 Balsam (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Whitcutt Mrs M McI6556 Balsam, p. 8
- Whitcutt Harry McI del B&K Economy Cash Stores6556 Balsam, p. 654
- Whitcutt Hugh del B&K Economy Cash Stores6556 Balsam, p. 654
- Whitcutt John chauf6556 Balsam, p. 654
- Whitcutt Mrs Mary McI6556 Balsam, p. 654
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Whitcutts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Whitcutt 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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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.