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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Faireys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Fairey at four 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. The most under one roof: four Faireys at 2345 West 6th in 1940.

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Where the Faireys 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

    1263 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Elizabeth Fairey, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Capitol Gro at 1251 and Mrs D M Yewdall at 1287. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1018 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Farey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4123 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L T Fairey, proprietor of Fairey & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Knights at 4117 and J K Halley at 4133. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2345 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F T Fairey, a director technical education at the BC Government 1940
    • Frances H Fairey, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board 1940
    • Frederick L Fairey, an advertising department at Fleck Bros 1940
    • Victor A Fairey, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A MacKay at 2335 and Mrs G Byrne at 2355. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an advertising department, a director technical education, a proprietor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano, West End 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth Fairey at 1263 Davie Street, a widow. The 1940 name section lists S Farey at 1018 Granville Street. In 1940 the directory lists L T Fairey at 4123 West 11th Avenue; 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 Leonard T Fairey there as the householder, proprietor of Fairey & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists F T Fairey at 2345 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Francis T Fairey there as the householder, a director technical education at the BC Government, with Frances H Fairey, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board, Frederick L Fairey, an advertising department at Fleck Bros, and Victor A Fairey, a student.

Today

1018 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4123 West 11th (1988) and 2345 West 6th (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1263 Davie, so that building is 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

The book of the Faireys

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.