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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fawnses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Fawns 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. The most under one roof: three Fawnses at 1234 Robson in 1940.

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Where the Fawnses 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

    1234 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M E Fawns 1940
    • Mildred E Fawns, a stenographer at Macaulay Nicolls & Maitland 1940
    • Jean Fawns, widow of T W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Hoy at 1222 and Mrs E M Adams at 1240. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1886 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H T Fawns, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Jones at 1866 and Dr M McC Baird at 1896. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2171 West 23rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A C Fawns, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Bernice M Fawns, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Joan D Fawns, a clerk at General Insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Byrn at 2137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (3), an employee and a stenographer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano 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 Miss M E Fawns at 1234 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mildred E Fawns there as the householder, a stenographer at Macaulay Nicolls & Maitland, with Jean Fawns, widow of T W. In 1940 the directory lists H T Fawns at 1886 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry T Fawns there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists A C Fawns at 2171 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex C Fawns there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway, with Bernice M Fawns, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway, and Joan D Fawns, a clerk at General Insurance.

Today

1886 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1234 Robson and 2171 West 23rd, 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

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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.