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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fairhursts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Fairhurst 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 Fairhursts 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

    1050 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Fairhurst, a sectionman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Moore at 1044 and J A Morrice at 1052. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2760 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L Fairhurst, an electrician at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J Wallace at 2754 and F E Townsend at 2768. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    135 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John T Fairhurst, a packer for W T Money 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Bentley at 131 and Miss A E Scott at 141. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2315 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Fairhurst, an engineer at Vancouver Breweries 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McFarlane at 2325. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1369 West 70th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Arnold Fairhurst, proprietor of The Hostess 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Maddin at 1353 and C Fraser at 1387. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M Fairhurst, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1629 Yew Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Fairhurst 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Butterick at 1625 and R MacDonald at 1631. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an electrician, an engineer, a packer, a proprietor and a sectionman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Marpole and Mount Pleasant. 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 Robert Fairhurst at 1050 Melville Street, a sectionman. L Fairhurst is listed at 2760 Pandora Street 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 Leonard Fairhurst there as the householder, an electrician at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists John T Fairhurst at 135 West 12th Avenue, a packer for W T Money.

In 1940 the directory lists W Fairhurst at 2315 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Fairhurst there as the householder, an engineer at Vancouver Breweries. The 1940 name section lists Arnold Fairhurst at 1369 West 70th Avenue, proprietor of The Hostess. The 1940 name section lists M Fairhurst at 50 West Cordova Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists H Fairhurst at 1629 Yew Street.

Today

2760 Pandora, 135 West 12th, 2315 West 15th and 50 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; 1629 Yew (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1050 Melville and 1369 West 70th, 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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.