A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fieldses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Fields at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Fieldses lived
- 1
340 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- Stan Fields, a waiter at the Commercial Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Bailey's Cafe at 324 and Coml Barber Shop at 346. The block, door by door
- 2
935 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- William R Fields, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Hutchinson at 927 and Mrs M Smith at 937. The block, door by door
- 3
1596 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- F L Fields, an assistant manager at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door
- 4
4478 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C A Fields, an agent for London Life 1940
Next door in 1940: A Paul at 4474 and A Lyttle at 4484. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an agent, an assistant manager, a salesman and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview 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 Stan Fields at 340 Cambie Street, a waiter at the Commercial Hotel. The 1940 name section lists William R Fields at 935 Howe Street, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists F L Fields at 1596 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fred L Fields there as the householder, an assistant manager at the Bank of Nova Scotia.
In 1940 the directory lists C A Fields at 4478 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Fields there as the householder, an agent for London Life.
Today
340 Cambie still has its building from before 1946, dated 1904 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1596 West 14th (2000) and 4478 West 15th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 935 Howe, so that building is 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.
- Fields Stan waiter Coml Hotel340 Cambie, p. 196
- Fields Wm R slsmn935 Howe, p. 196
- Fields F L1596 West 14th, p. 216
- Fields Fred L asst mgr Bk of NS1596 West 14th, p. 196
- Fields C A4478 West 15th, p. 221
- Fields Chas A agt London Life4478 West 15th, p. 196
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Fieldses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fields 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.