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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Filmers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Filmer at two addresses in 1940, all on West 20th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Filmers at 769 West 20th in 1940.

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Where the Filmers 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

    769 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • F S Filmer, a secretary at the YMCA 1940
    • Evelyn B Filmer, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940
    • Frances L Filmer, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: E M Marshall at 753 and A N Filmer at 777. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    777 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • A N Filmer, retired 1940
    • Elsie W Filmer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Filmer at 769 and A F Longstaff at 785. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an assistant, a secretary and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (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

In 1940 the directory lists F S Filmer at 769 West 20th 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 Frank S Filmer there as the householder, a secretary at the YMCA, with Evelyn B Filmer, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library, and Frances L Filmer, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son. In 1940 the directory lists A N Filmer at 777 West 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur N Filmer there as the householder, retired, with Elsie W Filmer.

Today

769 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1919 by the City's record; 777 West 20th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Filmers

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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.