A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown
The Whites
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named White at two addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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
859 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Anna White, widow of A B 1940
Next door in 1940: cameron (the) at 855 and 9 listings at 885. The block, door by door
- 2
1209 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- C W White, retired 1940
- Mildred N White 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Anna White at 859 Thurlow Street, widow of A B. C W White is listed at 1209 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles W White there as the householder, retired, with Mildred N White.
Today
859 Thurlow and 1209 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Anna wid A B859 Thurlow, p. 654
- White C W1209 Thurlow, p. 156
- White Chas W retired1209 Thurlow, p. 654
- White Mildred N1209 Thurlow, 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.