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A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Whites

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named White at four addresses in 1940, all on West 5th 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: four Whites at 2869 West 5th 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

    1699 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G C White, a driver at Holmes & Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Probyn at 1687. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1977 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William W White, a tinsmith for F N Hamilton 1940

    Next door in 1940: L B Thompson at 1967 and S W Parkes at 1987. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2090 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C White, a porter at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Hansen at 2088. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2869 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C J White, of White & McFarlane 1940
    • Lawson S White, an attendant for C L McEwen 1940
    • Moira M White, a student at UBC 1940
    • Ron J White, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M B McLeod at 2857 and Mrs E Wilson at 2871. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an attendant, a driver, a porter and a tinsmith. Two of them worked for UBC.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Fairview. 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 G C White at 1699 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George C White there as the householder, a driver at Holmes & Wilson. The 1940 name section lists William W White at 1977 West 5th Avenue, a tinsmith for F N Hamilton.

C White is listed at 2090 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles White there as the householder, a porter at Spencer's. C J White is listed at 2869 West 5th 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 Charles J White there as the householder, of White & McFarlane, with Lawson S White, an attendant for C L McEwen, Moira M White, a student at UBC, and Ron J White, a student at UBC.

Today

2090 West 5th and 2869 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2090 West 5th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1699 West 5th and 1977 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.