A family name on East 37th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Fergusons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ferguson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 37th Avenue, with the close spelling Fergusson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 106 other streets too, all listed on the Ferguson name's own page.
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Where the Fergusons lived
- 1
1732 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- T Ferguson, a meat cutter 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Skene at 1726 and Mrs E F Oxenbury at 1742. The block, door by door
- 2
1735 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Ferguson, an electrician at Canadian Westinghouse 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Duben at 1731 and C Chamberlain at 1747. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an electrician and a meat cutter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 T Ferguson at 1732 East 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Ferguson there as the householder, a meat cutter. In 1940 the directory lists W Ferguson at 1735 East 37th 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 lists Walter Ferguson there as the householder, an electrician at Canadian Westinghouse.
Today
1732 East 37th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1735 East 37th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ferguson T1732 East 37th, p. 253
- Ferguson Thos meat ctr1732 East 37th, p. 194
- *Ferguson W1735 East 37th, p. 253
- Ferguson Walter electn Can Westinghouse1735 East 37th, p. 194
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Fergusons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ferguson 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.