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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Whites

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named White at six addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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 most under one roof: three Whites at 1407 Robson in 1940. 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

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

    617 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A White, a news dealer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Tamale Parlor at 615 and York Cafe at 619. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs F White, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1037 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Corner Hamburger White 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cycles Robson at 1035 and T Beggs at 1041. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1112 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • William White 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1110 and P Bender at 1114. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1127 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Stan D White, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E McK Traill at 1123 and Miss D Corbin at 1137. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1407 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H M White, an engineer 1940
    • Elsie White, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Winifred White 1940

    Next door in 1940: Companion Library Good at 1405 and J Gray at 1409. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: an engineer, a janitor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4) and Downtown (2). 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 A White, a news dealer, at 617 Robson Street. Mrs F White is listed at 715 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fannie White there as the householder, widow of J. Corner Hamburger White is listed at 1037 Robson Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists William White at 1112 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Stan D White at 1127 Robson Street, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H M White at 1407 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Herbert M White there as the householder, with Harry White, an engineer, Elsie White, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver, and Winifred White.

Today

1112 Robson (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 617 Robson, 715 Robson, 1037 Robson, 1127 Robson and 1407 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.