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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 14th Avenue, 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 2696 West 14th 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

    1395 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J White, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1596 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J White, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2235 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John White 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Meyer at 2227 and W J Webber at 2245. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2535 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W H White, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Johnson at 2525 and R C Woodley at 2545. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2696 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Eric W White, a photographer 1940
    • John W White, a salesman at R S Day & Son 1940
    • Marion L White, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Hamm at 2686. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2966 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F L White, a motorman at CN Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Coussens at 2960 and W Ferguson at 2978. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk, a meat cutter, a motorman, a photographer, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) and Fairview (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 J White at 1395 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John White there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J White at 1596 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John White there as the householder, retired, with John V White, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

The 1940 name section lists John White at 2235 West 14th Avenue. W H White is listed at 2535 West 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 William H White there as the householder, a meat cutter at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Eric W White at 2696 West 14th Avenue, a photographer, with John W White, a salesman at R S Day & Son, and Marion L White, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists F L White at 2966 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank L White there as the householder, a motorman at CN Express.

Today

1395 West 14th and 2696 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1395 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1596 West 14th (2000), 2235 West 14th (1986), 2535 West 14th (1992) and 2966 West 14th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.