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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Farringtons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Farrington at four 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 Farringtons 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

    2001 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Farrington, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Hart at 2009. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    156 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Farrington, a cook at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Smythe at 154. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2015 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Richard T Farrington, a clerk at Morrison Export 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Mackedie at 2003. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1705 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A H Farrington, retired 1940
    • Eileen G Farrington, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Coveney at 1713. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a cook, a laborer and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland 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

In 1940 the directory lists C Farrington at 2001 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Collingwood Farrington there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J Farrington at 156 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Farrington there as the householder, a cook at the CNR.

The 1940 name section lists Richard T Farrington at 2015 Haro Street, a clerk at Morrison Export. A H Farrington is listed at 1705 Nelson 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 Arthur H Farrington there as the householder, retired, with Eileen G Farrington, a school teacher.

Today

2001 East 3rd and 156 East 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 156 East 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2015 Haro (1952) and 1705 Nelson (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1705 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Farringtons

Every directory, as one book

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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.