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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wortmans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Wortman at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Wortmans 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

    786 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mildred Wortman, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Cunningham at 748. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs S A Wortman, widow of W H 1940
    • Charles N Wortman, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1429 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M A Wortman, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Strong at 1423 and F W G Wetherhead at 1441. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1115 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charlotte Wortman, a cook at The Langham 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Davis at 1111 and W A Campbell at 1117. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3914 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H G Wortman, a clerk at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Bilodeau at 3908 and A A Harris at 3922. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk (2), a cook and a fireman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mildred Wortman at 786 Bute Street, widow of W. Mrs S A Wortman is listed at 884 Bute Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Susan A Wortman there as the householder, widow of W H, with Charles N Wortman, a clerk.

M A Wortman is listed at 1429 East 8th Avenue 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 Marvin A Wortman there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte Wortman at 1115 Nelson Street, a cook at The Langham.

In 1940 the directory lists H G Wortman at 3914 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry G Wortman there as the householder, a clerk at the CNR.

Today

884 Bute and 3914 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 884 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1115 Nelson (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 786 Bute and 1429 East 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.