A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
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 Victoria Drive, 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.
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Where the Whites lived
- 1
1090 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs Annie White, a cook at the Grandview Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr T H Agnew at 1020. The block, door by door
- 2
2085 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J White, proprietor of Vic Grocery 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Irwin at 2075 and Supreme Meat Mkt at 2095. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a cook and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 Mrs Annie White at 1090 Victoria Drive, a cook at the Grandview Hospital. J White is listed at 2085 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James White there as the householder, proprietor of Vic Grocery.
Today
1090 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2085 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Mrs Annie cook Grandview Hosp1090 Victoria Drive, p. 654
- White J2085 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- White Jas prop Vic Gro2085 Victoria Drive, 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.