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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fairgrieves

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Fairgrieve at six addresses in 1940 in six 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: three Fairgrieves at 2105 West 13th in 1940.

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Where the Fairgrieves 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

    1302 East 31st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Emile G Fairgrieve, a clerk at B C Stevens Co 1940
  2. 2

    721 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George Fairgrieve, retired 1940
    • Rudolph Fairgrieve, a telegraph operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Melhus at 719 and H J Pike at 727. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1226 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A D Fairgrieve, a caretaker at the Virginia Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Smith at 1236. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2105 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T M Fairgrieve, a salesman at Cassidy's 1940
    • Jackson Fairgrieve, a student 1940
    • Thomas F Fairgrieve, a salesman at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Gribben at 2115. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2880 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W S Fairgrieve, a machinist at Cylinder Grinders 1940

    Next door in 1940: E R MacIntyre at 2872 and R Burton at 2886. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1170 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W T Fairgrieve, a president at Cylinder Grinders 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Gillespie at 1160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a salesman (2), a caretaker, a clerk, a machinist, a president and a telegraph operator. Two of them worked for Cylinder Grinders.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Shaughnessy. 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 Emile G Fairgrieve at 1302 East 31st Avenue, a clerk at B C Stevens Co. The 1940 name section lists George Fairgrieve at 721 East 8th Avenue, retired, with Rudolph Fairgrieve, a telegraph operator. In 1940 the directory lists A D Fairgrieve at 1226 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert D Fairgrieve there as the householder, a caretaker at the Virginia Apartments.

In 1940 the directory lists T M Fairgrieve at 2105 West 13th 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 Thomas M Fairgrieve there as the householder, a salesman at Cassidy's, with Jackson Fairgrieve, a student, and Thomas F Fairgrieve, a salesman at Safeway Stores. In 1940 the directory lists W S Fairgrieve at 2880 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wallace S Fairgrieve there as the householder, a machinist at Cylinder Grinders.

In 1940 the directory lists W T Fairgrieve at 1170 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William T Fairgrieve there as the householder, a president at Cylinder Grinders.

Today

1302 East 31st and 1226 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2880 West 34th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 721 East 8th, 2105 West 13th and 1170 West King Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.