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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Witheys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Withey at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Withy. 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 Witheys 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

    505 Cardero Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret N Withey, a stenographer at the RKO Distributor Corporation 1940
  2. 2

    3081 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A J Withey, widow of A G 1940
    • Mildred H Withey, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Houghton at 3075 and F W Clarke at 3087. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1936 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Withy, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Craig at 1934 and Mrs M Wheatley at 1938. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2150 West 49th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Constance R Withey, a housekeeper for C Spencer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McL Anderson at 2170. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a housekeeper, a saleswoman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Margaret N Withey at 505 Cardero Street, a stenographer at the RKO Distributor Corporation. Mrs A J Withey is listed at 3081 Kitchener 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 Alice J Withey there as the householder, widow of A G, with Mildred H Withey, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

T Withy is listed at 1936 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Withy there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Constance R Withey at 2150 West 49th Avenue, a housekeeper for C Spencer.

Today

3081 Kitchener (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 505 Cardero, 1936 West 3rd and 2150 West 49th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Witheys

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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.