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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fellings

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Felling 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.

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Where the Fellings 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

    5538 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R C Felling 1940
    • Harvey M Felling, a helper at Metal & Wood Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Jamison at 5550. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1617 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E B Felling 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Fuoco at 1605 and A Booth at 1625. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2519 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs P Felling, proprietor of Pearl's Beauty Shoppe 1940

    Next door in 1940: T P Bailey at 2521. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a helper and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 R C Felling at 5538 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy C Felling there as the householder, with Harvey M Felling, a helper at Metal & Wood Products. In 1940 the directory lists E B Felling at 1617 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest B Felling there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs P Felling at 2519 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Pearl Felling there as the householder, proprietor of Pearl's Beauty Shoppe.

Today

5538 Chester still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1617 East 5th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2519 Hemlock, so that building is 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.
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.