A family name on Point Grey Road, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Fergusons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Ferguson at two addresses in 1940, all on Point Grey Road, 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 most under one roof: three Fergusons at 3744 Point Grey Road in 1940. 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
2781 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- Thelma Ferguson, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: C F Welch at 2779. The block, door by door
- 2
3744 Point Grey Road
West Point Grey, 1940
- J M Ferguson 1940
- Brian Ferguson, a student 1940
- Glen H Ferguson, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: F O Mason at 3732 and G A Roe at 3750. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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 Thelma Ferguson at 2781 Point Grey Road, widow of J. J M Ferguson is listed at 3744 Point Grey Road in 1940; 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 M Ferguson there as the householder, with Brian Ferguson, a student, and Glen H Ferguson, a driver.
Today
3744 Point Grey Road still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 2781 Point Grey Road (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ferguson Thelma wid J2781 Point Grey Road, p. 194
- *Ferguson J M3744 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Ferguson Brian studt3744 Point Grey Road, p. 193
- Ferguson Glen H drvr3744 Point Grey Road, p. 194
- Ferguson John M3744 Point Grey Road, p. 194
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.