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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whittys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Whitty at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Whittys at 2219 West 49th in 1940.

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Where the Whittys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    550 Beatty Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Whitty, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Crane Ltd at 540 and B M Bremner at 554. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1928 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J P J Whitty, retired 1940
    • Doris Whitty, an instructor at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Ellwood at 1922 and J Downing at 1938. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2219 West 49th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W H Whitty, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • John E Whitty, a driver at McGavin 1940
    • Winona E Whitty, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: N H McDiarmid at 2207 and Mrs E K Thompson at 2231. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3007 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J F Whitty, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Muir at 3003 and V C McKenzie at 3011. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3460 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Whitty, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Simpson at 3450 and R A Knight at 3470. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk, a driver, a fireman, an instructor, a manufacturers agent and a packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Downtown and Kerrisdale. 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 W H Whitty, a manufacturers agent, at 550 Beatty Street. J P J Whitty is listed at 1928 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; 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 P J Whitty there as the householder, retired, with Doris Whitty, an instructor at the BC Telephone.

W H Whitty is listed at 2219 West 49th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Whitty there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with John E Whitty, a driver at McGavin, and Winona E Whitty, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company. J F Whitty is listed at 3007 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph F Whitty there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR.

T Whitty is listed at 3460 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Whitty there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2219 West 49th, 3007 West 7th and 3460 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 550 Beatty (1983) and 1928 West 2nd (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.