A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Whites
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named White at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 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
506 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Joseph White, a shingler 1940
Next door in 1940: G J Reynolds at 504. The block, door by door
- 2
1234 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- H J White, a springmaker at Simmons 1940
- Reginald S White 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Callow at 1214 and B S Clissold at 1244. The block, door by door
- 3
1544 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- G W White, a plasterer 1940
- Robert White, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork 1940
Next door in 1940: L Cavalli at 1540 and H M Alpen at 1550. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a helper, a plasterer, a shingler and a springmaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (3). 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 Joseph White at 506 West 7th Avenue, a shingler. H J White is listed at 1234 West 7th 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 Henry J White there as the householder, a springmaker at Simmons, with Reginald S White.
G W White is listed at 1544 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George W White there as the householder, a plasterer, with Robert White, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork.
Today
1234 West 7th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 506 West 7th and 1544 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- White Jos shingler506 West 7th, p. 655
- *White H J1234 West 7th, p. 191
- White Henry J springmkr Simmons1234 West 7th, p. 655
- White Regd S1234 West 7th, p. 656
- White G W1544 West 7th, p. 192
- White Geo W plstr1544 West 7th, p. 655
- White Robt hlpr Sigurdson Millwork1544 West 7th, p. 656
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.