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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whiteways

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Whiteway at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Whiteways at 1958 Barclay in 1940.

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Where the Whiteways 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

    1958 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A Whiteway 1940
    • Wilfred E Whiteway 1940
    • William G Whiteway 1940
    • William T Whiteway, an architect 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Kirkham at 1940 and Glendale The at 1974. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5334 Bruce Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs S J Whiteway, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Murray at 5356. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3003 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S T Whiteway, a typist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Dobbins at 3031. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1860 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • W G Whiteway, a floor manager at Pacific Coast Amusement 1940

    Next door in 1940: richborough apts at 1840 and Mrs L E Atkins at 1898. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an architect, a floor manager and a typist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 June 1907 W T Whiteway took out the permit to build a frame house at 1958 Barclay Street (inferred): the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is the one the directories list there. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Whiteway at 1958 Barclay Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Ada Whiteway there as the householder, with Wilfred E Whiteway, William G Whiteway, and William T Whiteway, an architect.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S J Whiteway at 5334 Bruce Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah J Whiteway there as the householder, widow of T. In 1940 the directory lists S T Whiteway at 3003 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan T Whiteway there as the householder, a typist.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Whiteway at 1860 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists W Gordon Whiteway there as the householder, a floor manager at Pacific Coast Amusement.

Today

5334 Bruce and 3003 Charles still have their buildings from before 1946; 1958 Barclay (1962) and 1860 Robson (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Taken on the 1900 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1958 Barclay. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Whiteways

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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.