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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fallises

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Fallis at eight addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Fallises 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

    990 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Frances Fallis, a telephone operator at the Devonshire Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: norwood (the) at 958. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1129 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Roy Fallis 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Carley at 1127 and Mrs K Reed at 1133. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    804 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • N J Fallis, a salesman 1940
    • John Fallis 1940

    Next door in 1940: K E Ray at 810. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    277 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Fallis, widow of B L 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Rolston at 271 and N Cartmell at 285. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1405 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gordon E Fallis, a salesman at Bowell McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss B Smyth at 1421. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2857 West 32nd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • John Fallis, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Abercrombie at 2853 and H G Wardell at 2869. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1638 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mary M Fallis, who worked for the City of Vancouver 1940
  8. 8

    1580 West 71st Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Lillian A Fallis, widow of C E 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Gibson at 1524 and P Moen at 1592. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a salesman (2) and a telephone operator. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Riley Park 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 Mrs Frances Fallis at 990 Bute Street, a telephone operator at the Devonshire Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Roy Fallis at 1129 Comox Street. In 1940 the directory lists N J Fallis at 804 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norman J Fallis there as the householder, a salesman, with John Fallis.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Fallis at 277 East 24th 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 Elizabeth Fallis there as the householder, widow of B L. The 1940 name section lists Gordon E Fallis at 1405 West 15th Avenue, a salesman at Bowell McDonald. The 1940 name section lists John Fallis at 2857 West 32nd Avenue, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Mary M Fallis at 1638 West 41st Avenue, who worked for the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Lillian A Fallis at 1580 West 71st Avenue, widow of C E.

Today

990 Bute, 804 East 18th and 277 East 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1405 West 15th (1977) and 2857 West 32nd (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1129 Comox, 1638 West 41st and 1580 West 71st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.