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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Witts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Witt at four 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.

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Where the Witts 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

    1969 Drummond Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W E Witt, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Mahon at 1949. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1918 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Witt, a movie operator at the York Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Stewart at 1924. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    462 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Edward Witt 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Merke at 442 and B Conroy at 474. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2023 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • O V Witt 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Murphy at 2017 and J T Richardson at 2039. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a movie operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Sunset and West Point Grey. 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 E Witt at 1969 Drummond 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 William E Witt there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R Witt at 1918 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Witt there as the householder, a movie operator at the York Theatre.

The 1940 name section lists Edward Witt at 462 East 57th Avenue. O V Witt is listed at 2023 Grant Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Orlando V Witt there as the householder.

Today

1969 Drummond Drive, 1918 East 1st and 2023 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946; 462 East 57th (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.