A family name on West 45th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
The Whittakers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Whittaker at two addresses in 1940, all on West 45th Avenue, 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
1368 West 45th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- G Whitaker, an accountant 1940
- Reginald Whitaker, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: H E Dendoff at 1356 and T A McKierahan at 1380. The block, door by door
- 2
1929 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A G Whitaker, of E Whitaker 1940
Next door in 1940: J N McPherson at 1921 and E A Lewis at 1937. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Oakridge. 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 G Whitaker at 1368 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon Whitaker there as the householder, an accountant, with Reginald Whitaker, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists A G Whitaker at 1929 West 45th 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 Alfred G Whitaker there as the householder, of E Whitaker.
Today
1368 West 45th and 1929 West 45th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Whitaker G1368 West 45th, p. 262
- Whitaker Gordon acct1368 West 45th, p. 654
- Whitaker Regd clk1368 West 45th, p. 654
- *Whitaker A G1929 West 45th, p. 262
- Whitaker Alfd G of E Whitaker1929 West 45th, p. 654
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.