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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Farrants

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Farrant at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Farrants 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

    7940 Montcalm Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • G A Farrant, proprietor of Pacific Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Sigurdson at 7914 and Pacific Bakery at 7950. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3805 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • John Farrant, a clerk at Confederation Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Howden at 3813. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2306 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C E Farrant, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Carlaw at 2300 and Beauty Shoppe Connaught at 2308. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Marpole. 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 G A Farrant at 7940 Montcalm 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 George A Farrant there as the householder, proprietor of Pacific Bakery. The 1940 name section lists John Farrant at 3805 West 24th Avenue, a clerk at Confederation Life. C E Farrant, a confectioner, is listed at 2306 West Broadway in 1940.

Today

3805 West 24th (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 7940 Montcalm and 2306 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.