A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Felches
In the city directories 1940 · six people at one address
The directories print six people named Felch at one address, 917 East 50th Avenue in Sunset, in 1940.
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The Felches at home
- 1
917 East 50th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J Felch, retired 1940
- Edith M Felch, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
- Emma R Felch, an usher at the Rex Theatre 1940
- Ernest A Felch, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
- H Jean Felch, a waitress 1940
- Wilfred E Felch, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: A Innes at 907 and W Wiltshire at 927. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a millworker (2), an employee, an usher and a waitress. Two of them worked for BC Plywoods.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Sunset. 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 J Felch at 917 East 50th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Julius Felch there as the householder, retired, with Edith M Felch, who worked for the BC Telephone, Emma R Felch, an usher at the Rex Theatre, Ernest A Felch, a millworker at BC Plywoods, H Jean Felch, a waitress, and Wilfred E Felch, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
917 East 50th (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Felch J917 East 50th, p. 266
- Felch Edith M emp BC Tel917 East 50th, p. 193
- Felch Emma R usher Rex Thea917 East 50th, p. 193
- Felch Ernest A mlwkr BC Plywoods917 East 50th, p. 193
- Felch H Jean waitress917 East 50th, p. 193
- Felch Julius retired917 East 50th, p. 193
- Felch Wilfd E mlwkr BC Plywoods917 East 50th, p. 193
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Felches
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Felch 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.