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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

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 Pender Street, 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

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

    612 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Howard White, a news agent at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Central Cafe Ltd at 608 and richards akroyd & gall at 614. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    839 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A White, widow of R J 1940
    • Lillian White, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Acad of Useful Arts at 835 and Mrs M Erickson at 845. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    914 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J White, a miner 1940
    • Mrs Margaret White, proprietor of The Benge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    921 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas I White, a draftsman at Dominion Bridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Registration Bureau Stenographers at 911 and Weeks & Co Ltd at 923. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    927 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jack White, a cook for Eden Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Weeks & Co Ltd at 923 and Graham Elec at 929. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1132 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Burton V White, a news agent at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Caslor at 1126 and Elysium Hotel at 1140. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a news agent (2), a cook, a draftsman, a miner, a nurse and a proprietor. Two of them worked for CPR. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 Howard White at 612 West Pender Street, a news agent at the CPR. Mrs A White is listed at 839 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alice White there as the householder, widow of R J, with Lillian White, a nurse.

J White is listed at 914 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James White there as the householder, a miner, with Mrs Margaret White, proprietor of The Benge. The 1940 name section lists Thomas I White at 921 West Pender Street, a draftsman at Dominion Bridge. The 1940 name section lists Jack White at 927 West Pender Street, a cook for Eden Cafe.

The 1940 name section lists Burton V White at 1132 West Pender Street, a news agent at the CPR.

Today

921 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 612 West Pender, 839 West Pender, 914 West Pender, 927 West Pender and 1132 West Pender, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.