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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fasts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Fast at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Fasts 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret Fast, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    623 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Peter E Fast, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 617 and Mrs K E Lee at 627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    641 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rita Fast, a maid for Mrs D Rutherford 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tip Top Tailors at 637 and Ireland & Allan Ltd at 649. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1557 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Helen Fast, a maid for Miss C McLimont 1940

    Next door in 1940: A O McBean at 1549 and W Wardlaw at 1577. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5432 Rhodes Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J C Fast, a swamper 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pearson at 5412 and J A Todhunter at 5452. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    779 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Maisie Fast 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hoffmeister at 761. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1315 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ella Fast, a maid for J B Allan 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hanson at 1305 and L M de Gex at 1325. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1662 West 29th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Betty Fast, a maid for G F MacDonnell 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Cromie at 1638. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a maid (4), a carpenter, a nurse and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), West End (2), Downtown, Fairview, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 Margaret Fast at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Peter E Fast at 623 East Pender Street, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Rita Fast at 641 Granville Street, a maid for Mrs D Rutherford. The 1940 name section lists Helen Fast at 1557 Nanton Avenue, a maid for Miss C McLimont.

In 1940 the directory lists J C Fast at 5432 Rhodes 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 Jacob C Fast there as the householder, a swamper. The 1940 name section lists Maisie Fast at 779 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Ella Fast at 1315 West 14th Avenue, a maid for J B Allan.

The 1940 name section lists Betty Fast at 1662 West 29th Avenue, a maid for G F MacDonnell.

Today

623 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1557 Nanton (2014), 5432 Rhodes (2016) and 1662 West 29th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 641 Granville, 779 Thurlow and 1315 West 14th, 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, 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.