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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fielders

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Fielder 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.

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Where the Fielders 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

    4911 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E E Fielder, a secretary at Robertson S & D 1940
    • Margaret E Fielder, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bell at 4937. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1042 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Agnes M Felder, a maid for G W Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDonald Bowell at 1040 and F C Moore at 1044. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2924 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E W Fielder, a benchman at Robertson S & D 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H McDonald at 2918 and G Pearson at 2934. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a benchman, a maid, a secretary and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Robertson S & D.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Downtown. 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 E E Fielder at 4911 Blenheim Street; 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 Edward E Fielder there as the householder, a secretary at Robertson S & D, with Margaret E Fielder, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Agnes M Felder at 1042 Melville Street, a maid for G W Thompson.

E W Fielder is listed at 2924 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Fielder there as the householder, a benchman at Robertson S & D.

Today

4911 Blenheim (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1042 Melville and 2924 West 32nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.