A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fehrs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Fehr at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Fehrs lived
- 1
1039 East 59th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- C Fehr, a laborer at Anderson Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: M G Butler at 1031 and A Miller at 1083. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
5450 Laburnum Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Louise Fehr, a maid for R J Cummins 1940
Next door in 1940: B H Gunning at 5416 and F K Collins at 5484. The block, door by door
- 4
2010 Scotia Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C Fehr, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: C C Thicke at 2006 and A Kent at 2014. The block, door by door
- 5
4517 West 4th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Fehr, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: A Buxton at 4523. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a laborer (2), an engineer and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy, Sunset and West Point Grey. 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 C Fehr at 1039 East 59th Avenue, a laborer at Anderson Bros. D B Fehr is listed at 7160 Kerr Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louise Fehr at 5450 Laburnum Street, a maid for R J Cummins.
C Fehr is listed at 2010 Scotia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cornelius Fehr there as the householder, a laborer. J Fehr is listed at 4517 West 4th Avenue 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 James Fehr there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
5450 Laburnum still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1039 East 59th, 7160 Kerr, 2010 Scotia and 4517 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fehr C lab Anderson Bros1039 East 59th, p. 193
- Fehr D B7160 Kerr, p. 95
- Fehr Louise maid R J Cummins5450 Laburnum, p. 193
- Fehr C2010 Scotia, p. 148
- Fehr Cornelius lab2010 Scotia, p. 193
- *Fehr J4517 West 4th, p. 183
- Fehr Jas eng4517 West 4th, p. 193
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Fehrs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fehr name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.