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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wights

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named Wight at eight 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 Wights at 3325 West 2nd in 1940.

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Where the Wights 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

    1252 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Wight, a carpenter who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Kenny at 1246 and J W Allison at 1262. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3574 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Wight, a weighman at the Board of Grain Commissioners 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Davies at 3542 and W A Huggard at 3580. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3383 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Nellie Wight, a housekeeper for E G Houghton 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L McConnell at 3371 and A B Towns at 3395. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2465 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Wight, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Cuming at 2455 and J H Wright at 2475. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3421 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J L Wight, in advertising for Northwestern Mutual 1940

    Next door in 1940: G O Spencers at 3407 and W H Auld at 3435. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3325 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Elizabeth M Wight, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Jack Wight, a laborer at Canadian Wood Pipe 1940
    • Margaret Wight, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D McLeod at 3317 and W V Walton at 3331. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2820 West 32nd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • P A Wight, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: M W Douglas at 2834. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2544 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J T Wight, retired 1940
    • George T Wight, a driver at BC Fir 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Murray at 2526 and F L Walker at 2546. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the eleven: a driver (2), an advertising, a carpenter and rooms to let, a fire captain, a housekeeper and a laborer, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 F Wight, rooms to let, at 1252 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Wight there, a carpenter who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists J Wight at 3574 Oxford Street; 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 John Wight there as the householder, a weighman at the Board of Grain Commissioners.

The 1940 name section lists Nellie Wight at 3383 Point Grey Road, a housekeeper for E G Houghton. J Wight is listed at 2465 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Wight there as the householder, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver.

J L Wight is listed at 3421 West 28th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James L Wight there as the householder, in advertising for Northwestern Mutual. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth M Wight at 3325 West 2nd Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's, with Jack Wight, a laborer at Canadian Wood Pipe, and Margaret Wight, widow of A.

In 1940 the directory lists P A Wight at 2820 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy A Wight there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists J T Wight at 2544 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James T Wight there as the householder, retired, with George T Wight, a driver at BC Fir.

Today

3574 Oxford, 3383 Point Grey Road, 3421 West 28th and 2544 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2465 West 15th (1987) and 2820 West 32nd (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1252 Burrard and 3325 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.