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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fenwicks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Fenwick at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Fenwicks lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2848 Birch Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Olive Fenwick 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Thomson at 2846. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    907 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward Fenwick, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss V Moffatt at 905 and Mrs E Barry at 931. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1055 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G H Fenwick, a shipper for Christie Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Robison at 1043 and V H Browning at 1065. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    7374 Main Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Fenwick, a cleaner at the Eburne Saw Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Orr at 7362. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1999 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Philip S Fenwick, a salesman at Davidson & Co 1940
  6. 6

    65 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • James Fenwick, a janitor at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Kilty at 43 and E R Paxton at 71. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2144 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jessie Fenwick, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Coomka at 2132 and Miss J I Reid at 2150. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a cleaner, a janitor, a miner, a salesman and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Sunset 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Olive Fenwick at 2848 Birch Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward Fenwick at 907 Davie Street, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists G H Fenwick at 1055 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George H Fenwick there as the householder, a shipper for Christie Brown.

In 1940 the directory lists J Fenwick at 7374 Main Street; 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 John Fenwick there as the householder, a cleaner at the Eburne Saw Mills. The 1940 name section lists Philip S Fenwick at 1999 Nelson Street, a salesman at Davidson & Co. The 1940 name section lists James Fenwick at 65 West 18th Avenue, a janitor at the Vancouver General Hospital.

The 1940 name section lists Jessie Fenwick at 2144 West 3rd Avenue, widow of G.

Today

65 West 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 7374 Main (1955) and 1999 Nelson (1951) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2848 Birch, 907 Davie, 1055 East 8th and 2144 West 3rd, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.