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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Worthingtons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Worthington at seven 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.

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Where the Worthingtons 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

    780 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Worthington, a director at Empire Engineering 1940

    Next door in 1940: Checker Taxi Co at 702 and Angelus Coffee Shop at 786. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    553 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Worthington 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Powers at 531 and Can Compression Joints at 555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3495 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C D Worthington, a warehouseman at Western Wholesale Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Shippam at 3447. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3511 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R A Worthington, an electrician at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J E Roach at 3503 and W G H Osborne at 3519. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1536 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R E Worthington, an investigator at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Foster at 1512 and A P Joel at 1546. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2635 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Dr G H Worthington, a president at Vancouver Drug (1928) Ltd 1940
    • Elizabeth L Worthington, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H V Marshall at 2633. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2744 West 35th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E Worthington, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N P A Koe at 2732 and Mrs M F McLellan at 2768. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a director, an electrician, an investigator, a postman, a president and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 E Worthington at 780 Dunsmuir Street, a director at Empire Engineering. The 1940 name section lists George Worthington at 553 Hamilton Street. In 1940 the directory lists C D Worthington at 3495 Kingsway; 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 Charles D Worthington there as the householder, a warehouseman at Western Wholesale Drug.

In 1940 the directory lists R A Worthington at 3511 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Worthington there as the householder, an electrician at Neon Products. In 1940 the directory lists R E Worthington at 1536 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Worthington there as the householder, an investigator at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists Dr G H Worthington at 2635 West 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George H Worthington there as the householder, a president at Vancouver Drug (1928) Ltd, with Elizabeth L Worthington, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists E Worthington at 2744 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin Worthington there as the householder, a postman, with Ellen Worthington.

Today

553 Hamilton, 3511 West 10th, 1536 West 14th and 2635 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946, 2635 West 1st on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 780 Dunsmuir, 3495 Kingsway and 2744 West 35th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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 Worthingtons

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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.