A family name on Carolina Street, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park
The Whites
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named White at two addresses in 1940, all on Carolina Street, with the close spelling Whaite. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 148 other streets too, all listed on the White name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Whites lived
- 1
2422 Carolina Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs M White, widow of R 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Richardson at 2420. The block, door by door
- 2
3308 Carolina Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J G White, a driver at Whiteway Transfer 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Smith at 3304 and W McK Morrison at 3322. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 White at 2422 Carolina Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marion White there as the householder, widow of R. In 1940 the directory lists J G White at 3308 Carolina Street. The 1940 name section lists John G White there as the householder, a driver at Whiteway Transfer.
Today
2422 Carolina still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3308 Carolina (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Mrs M2422 Carolina, p. 27
- White Marion wid R2422 Carolina, p. 655
- White J G3308 Carolina, p. 27
- White John G drvr Whiteway Transf3308 Carolina, p. 655
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Whites
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the White 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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Another name, or a house
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.