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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ferrabys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Ferraby at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Ferrabys at 153 West 17th in 1940.

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Where the Ferrabys 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

    513 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J V Ferraby, who worked for the Vancouver Hollow Grinding Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Armstrong at 515. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    728 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G F W Ferraby, of Vancouver Hollow Grinding Works 1940
    • John K Ferraby, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Ellams at 724 and W C Alexander at 732. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    153 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F A Ferraby, proprietor of St George Grocery 1940
    • Ada Ferraby, proprietor of Adrienne Beauty Salon 1940
    • Clif A Ferraby 1940
    • Gladys M Ferraby, a hairdresser for Elizabeth Louise 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Stacey at 159. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a proprietor (2), a hairdresser and a laborer. Two of them worked for Vancouver Hollow Grinding Works.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 J V Ferraby at 513 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John V Ferraby there as the householder, who worked for the Vancouver Hollow Grinding Works. In 1940 the directory lists G F W Ferraby at 728 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George F W Ferraby there as the householder, of Vancouver Hollow Grinding Works, with John K Ferraby, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery.

In 1940 the directory lists F A Ferraby at 153 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Ferraby there as the householder, proprietor of St George Grocery, with Ada Ferraby, proprietor of Adrienne Beauty Salon, Clif A Ferraby, and Gladys M Ferraby, a hairdresser for Elizabeth Louise.

Today

513 East 21st (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 728 East 7th and 153 West 17th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.