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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whittakers

In the city directories 1940 · 45 addresses on 39 streets

The directories print the Whittaker name at 45 addresses on 39 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Whitaker and Whitteker. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Whittakers lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown10 addresses
  2. Kitsilano5 addresses
  3. Fairview4 addresses
  4. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  5. West End4 addresses
  6. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  8. Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  10. Riley Park2 addresses
  11. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale1 address
  13. Killarney1 address
  14. Mount Pleasant1 address
  15. Oakridge1 address
  16. South Cambie1 address
  17. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Cardero StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: Gordon F D Whittaker, Lester Whittaker and Mrs L Whittaker
    1940
  2. 2
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: W Whittaker and B S Whitaker
    1940
  3. 3
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Mrs Annie Whittaker and William Whitaker
    1940
  4. 4
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; four people: J D Whittaker, Mrs L E Whittaker, Lesley C Whittaker and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 16th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Shaughnessy; two people: A Whittaker and Mrs Muriel M Whittaker
    1940
  6. 6
    West 45th AvenueTwo addresses in Oakridge and Kerrisdale; three people: A G Whitaker, G Whitaker and Reginald Whitaker
    1940
  7. 7
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs B F Whittaker
    1940
  8. 8
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs L Whittaker
    1940
  9. 9
    Charles StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: B F Whitteker
    1940
  10. 10
    Cypress StreetOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: J H Whittaker
    1940
  11. 11
    Dunbar StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: F A Whitaker, Irene E Whitaker and Terrence A Whitaker
    1940
  12. 12
    East 21st AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: F Whittaker
    1940

27 more streets, by name: East 27th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), McGill Street (1), Napier Street (1), Odlum Drive (1), Ogden Avenue (1), Point Grey Road (1), Robson Street (1), Spencer Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Vine Street (1), Water Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 45 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

The book of the Whittakers

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.