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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Farthings

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Farthing at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Farthings 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

    1091 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • G S Farthing, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • J Wilfred Farthing, who worked for Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Bamford at 1019. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6173 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs F E Farthing, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Davies at 6153 and H L Payne at 6195. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3254 East 43rd Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • G E V Farthing, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Cooper at 3248 and F Warwick at 3258. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2844 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A E Farthing, a district manager at Enterprise Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: M H Fox at 2838 and E A West at 2854. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a district manager, a driver and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Killarney, Victoria-Fraserview and West End. 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 S Farthing at 1091 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gwyilm S Farthing there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company, with J Wilfred Farthing, who worked for Shell Oil. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F E Farthing at 6173 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 lists Fanny E Farthing there as the householder, widow of A.

In 1940 the directory lists G E V Farthing at 3254 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George E V Farthing there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists A E Farthing at 2844 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Farthing there as the householder, a district manager at Enterprise Sales.

Today

1091 Broughton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6173 Dumfries (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3254 East 43rd and 2844 West 37th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Farthings

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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.