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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whitneys

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at nine addresses

The directories print eleven people named Whitney at nine addresses in 1940 in nine of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Whitneys 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

    1325 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss L Whitney 1940
    • Lillian Whitney 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Lane at 1301 and Mrs C E Gurry at 1335. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1224 East 17th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E L Whitney, widow of H S 1940
    • Harry B Whitney, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Chadwick at 1216 and H Osborne at 1230. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    237 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W J Whitney 1940

    Next door in 1940: Empress Hotel at 235 and F S Hikida at 239. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2515 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Whitney, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Ciccone at 2527. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1190 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W J Whitney, a secretary-treasurer at the Vancouver National Labour Council 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M D Goodland at 1160. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    30 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A J Whitney, a driver at Nelsons Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: P N W Walker at 28 and W Whitmore at 36. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4173 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mary Whitney, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Mathers at 4167 and F W Mitton at 4177. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1812 West 19th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Kathleen Whitney, a maid for G E Housser 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G Gourlay at 1838. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1125 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G J Whitney, a waiter at the Europe Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lil-Li-Bet at 1123 and E Leroux at 1135. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a driver, a laborer, a maid, a printer, a secretary-treasurer and a waiter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy, Strathcona, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Miss L Whitney at 1325 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lillian Whitney there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E L Whitney at 1224 East 17th Avenue; 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 Elizabeth L Whitney there as the householder, widow of H S, with Harry B Whitney, a printer.

The 1940 name section lists W J Whitney at 237 East Hastings Street. A Whitney is listed at 2515 Turner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Whitney there as the householder, a laborer.

W J Whitney is listed at 1190 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Whitney there, a secretary-treasurer at the Vancouver National Labour Council. A J Whitney is listed at 30 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Whitney there as the householder, a driver at Nelsons Laundries.

The 1940 name section lists Mary Whitney at 4173 West 12th Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Whitney at 1812 West 19th Avenue, a maid for G E Housser. G J Whitney is listed at 1125 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George J Whitney there as the householder, a waiter at the Europe Hotel.

Today

237 East Hastings, 2515 Turner, 1190 Victoria Drive, 4173 West 12th and 1812 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946, 237 East Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1325 Comox, 1224 East 17th, 30 West 10th and 1125 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.