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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whitemans

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Whiteman at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Whitman. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Whitemans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1019 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jean H Whitman, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: strathmore lodge at 1065. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3195 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • C B Whiteman, a trucker at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: N M McNie at 3189. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1707 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T W Whitman, a scaler 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Gebbie at 1727. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4854 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Jane L L Whitman, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: N S Nicoletta at 4846. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5927 Lincoln Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • Mary Whiteman, widow of J W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Hunter at 5909 and J W Miller at 5931. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5858 Ormidale Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • J H Whiteman, a checker at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Smith at 5850 and W Geddes at 5868. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Hazel M Whitman, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a checker, a saleswoman, a scaler, a school teacher and a trucker. Two of them worked for CNR. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney (3), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 Jean H Whitman at 1019 Bute Street, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. C B Whiteman is listed at 3195 East 47th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Chester B Whiteman there as the householder, a trucker at the CNR.

T W Whitman is listed at 1707 East 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Whitman there as the householder, a scaler. The 1940 name section lists Jane L L Whitman at 4854 Lanark Street, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Mary Whiteman at 5927 Lincoln Street, widow of J W.

J H Whiteman is listed at 5858 Ormidale Street 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 John H Whiteman there as the householder, a checker at the CNR. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hazel M Whitman at 1298 West 10th Avenue, a school teacher.

Today

1019 Bute, 3195 East 47th, 1707 East 4th, 5858 Ormidale and 1298 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1707 East 4th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 4854 Lanark and 5927 Lincoln, 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

The book of the Whitemans

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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.