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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whittens

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Whitten at five addresses in 1940 in five 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: three Whittens at 4670 Connaught Drive in 1940.

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Where the Whittens 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

    4670 Connaught Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J E Whitten, a managing director at Spear & Jackson 1940
    • Janet B Whitten 1940
    • Madeline L Whitten 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Hamilton at 4650 and C W Jones at 4690. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    816 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George A Whiten 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss I M Hood at 810. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3061 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Whitten, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G K Patton at 3037 and S A Knowles at 3071. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles Whitten 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1436 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frederick Whitten 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Winlow at 1432 and J S Kendall at 1442. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a laborer and a managing director.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 J E Whitten at 4670 Connaught Drive; 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 Joseph E Whitten there as the householder, a managing director at Spear & Jackson, with Janet B Whitten and Madeline L Whitten. The 1940 name section lists George A Whiten at 816 East 10th Avenue.

R Whitten is listed at 3061 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Whitten there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Charles Whitten at 1176 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Whitten at 1436 Haro Street.

Today

816 East 10th, 1176 Granville and 1436 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946, 1436 Haro on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4670 Connaught Drive (2013) and 3061 East 7th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Whittens

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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.