A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Whites
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named White at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spelling Whaite. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.
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Where the Whites lived
- 1
- 2
2210 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- E White, in tobacco 1940
Next door in 1940: College Clnrs at 2208 and Roxy Theatre at 2224. The block, door by door
- 3
4138 Granville Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G E White, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr P W Barker at 4112 and Dr L Smith at 4162. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a restaurant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 Chef White at 1202 Granville Street, who ran a restaurant. E White, in tobacco, is listed at 2210 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists G E White at 4138 Granville 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 lists George E White there as the householder, retired.
Today
1202 Granville and 4138 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2210 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Chef restr1202 Granville, p. 654
- White E tobac2210 Granville, p. 67
- *White G E4138 Granville, p. 68
- White Geo E retired4138 Granville, p. 655
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.