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A family name on West 17th Avenue, South Cambie, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands

The Fergusons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Ferguson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 17th Avenue, with the close spelling Fergusson. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    861 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W T Ferguson, a foreman at the Packers Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Ferguson at 869. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    869 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs S Ferguson, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Ferguson at 861. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    955 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs J Ferguson, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Ronney at 949 and G P Wagner at 961. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a foreman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (3). 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 W T Ferguson at 861 West 17th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William T Ferguson there as the householder, a foreman at the Packers Dock. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Ferguson at 869 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Susan Ferguson there as the householder, widow of W.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Ferguson at 955 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jennie Ferguson there as the householder, widow of R.

Today

869 West 17th and 955 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 861 West 17th (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Fergusons

Every directory, as one book

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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.