A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fenns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Fenn at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Fenns lived
- 1
1080 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Fenn (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: R K Kinnear at 1076. The block, door by door
- 2
3982 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G R Fenn 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Lovell at 3976 and L G Mounce at 3992. The block, door by door
- 3
93 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ernest G Fenn, a dishwasher at Canadian National Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F Gilham at 85 and Service Conf at 95. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a dishwasher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) 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 Fenn (no first name printed) at 1080 Richards Street. G R Fenn is listed at 3982 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George R Fenn there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Fenn at 93 West Cordova Street, a dishwasher at Canadian National Steamships.
Today
93 West Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 3982 West 13th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1080 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fenn Mrs —1080 Richards, p. 193
- Fenn G R3982 West 13th, p. 213
- Fenn Geo R3982 West 13th, p. 193
- Fenn Ernest G dishwasher CNSS93 West Cordova, p. 193
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Fenns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fenn 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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Another name, or a house
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.