A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Farndales
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Farndale at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Farndales lived
- 1
2581 Kitchener Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T Farndale, a carpenter 1940
- Ethel M Farndale, who worked for BC Distil 1940
Next door in 1940: W Farren at 2575. The block, door by door
- 2
1180 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss L Farndale 1940
- Lucy Farndale 1940
Next door in 1940: W Aconley at 1174. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a carpenter and an employee.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 T Farndale at 2581 Kitchener 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 Thomas Farndale there as the householder, a carpenter, with Ethel M Farndale, who worked for BC Distil. In 1940 the directory lists Miss L Farndale at 1180 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Lucy Farndale there as the householder.
Today
2581 Kitchener (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1180 Melville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Farndale T2581 Kitchener, p. 99
- Farndale Ethel M emp BC Distil2581 Kitchener, p. 191
- Farndale Thos carp2581 Kitchener, p. 191
- Farndale Miss L1180 Melville, p. 115
- Farndale Lucy1180 Melville, p. 191
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Farndales
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Farndale name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.