A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
The Whittakers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Whittaker at two addresses in 1940, all on Seymour Street, with the close spellings Whitaker and Whitteker. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 38 other streets too, all listed on the Whittaker name's own page.
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Where the Whittakers lived
- 1
1046 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Whitaker, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Berst at 1042 and W B Penney at 1052. The block, door by door
- 2
1111 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Annie Whittaker, a waitress 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Alex at 1105 and Intl Harvester Co at 1135. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an on active service and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 William Whitaker at 1046 Seymour Street, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie Whittaker at 1111 Seymour Street, a waitress.
Today
1111 Seymour (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1046 Seymour, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Whitaker Wm act serv1046 Seymour, p. 654
- Whittaker Mrs Annie waitress1111 Seymour, p. 657
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Whittakers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Whittaker name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.