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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Whorleys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Whorley at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Whorly. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Whorleys 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

    6126 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Whorley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe De Lila at 6124 and C W Sutherland at 6128. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6537 Lanark Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Kathleen Whorley 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Doughty at 6549. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6315 Windsor Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • D G A Whorly, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Smith at 6329. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 A Whorley at 6126 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Allan Whorley there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Whorley at 6537 Lanark Street.

D G A Whorly is listed at 6315 Windsor Street 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 lists Don G A Whorly there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods.

Today

6126 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6537 Lanark (1982) and 6315 Windsor (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

The shops on the west side of the 6100 block of Fraser Street, looking south, as a woman crosses the road
1943 The shops on the west side of the 6100 block of Fraser Street, looking south, as a woman crosses the road. Taken on the 6100 block; it doesn't single out the house at 6126 Fraser. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P412.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.