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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fairmans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Fairman at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Farman. 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 Fairmans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6595 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • C I Farman, a laborer 1940
    • Dorothy Farman, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McMurray at 6583. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    144 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C G Fairman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Fortune at 136 and H E Lawrey at 150. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1325 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H B Fairman, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Mulcahy at 1335. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4065 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F M Fairman, a credit manager at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Potvin at 4059 and W E Dodd at 4069. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a credit manager, a domestic, a laborer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Riley Park, Victoria-Fraserview 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

In 1940 the directory lists C I Farman at 6595 Dumfries Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Carl I Farman there as the householder, a laborer, with Dorothy Farman, a domestic. In 1940 the directory lists C G Fairman at 144 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Fairman there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists H B Fairman at 1325 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists H Bert Fairman there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists F M Fairman at 4065 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred M Fairman there as the householder, a credit manager at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse.

Today

144 East 24th, 1325 West 10th and 4065 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6595 Dumfries (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, street section

The book of the Fairmans

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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.