A family name on West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 4th 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Fergusons lived
- 1
1955 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Jack Ferguson, a circulation at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Weber at 1947 and J Phillips at 1961. The block, door by door
- 2
2142 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G J Ferguson, a chauffeur 1940
Next door in 1940: S P Scheid at 2140. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a chauffeur and a circulation.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack Ferguson at 1955 West 4th Avenue, a circulation at the Sun. G J Ferguson is listed at 2142 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists G J Ferguson there as the householder, a chauffeur.
Today
1955 West 4th (1959) and 2142 West 4th (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ferguson Jack circ Sun1955 West 4th, p. 194
- Ferguson G J2142 West 4th, p. 182
- Ferguson G J chauf2142 West 4th, 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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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.