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The Firths

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at twelve addresses

The directories print 14 people named Firth at twelve addresses in 1940 in six 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 Firths 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

    1821 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Firth (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: waldron (the) at 1835. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    837 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Charlotte E Firth, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Gilman at 829 and Mrs A J E Mitten at 843. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    21 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Firth, a factory for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Kanson at 19 and P Brady at 23. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1080 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • S W Firth 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Shaw at 1050. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1718 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Firth, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Kerr at 1716 and E E Nixon at 1728. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1667 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jane M Firth, an artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kennedy at 1661 and N Kogos at 1669. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1455 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M Firth 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Cooper at 1453 and T H Atkinson at 1457. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3364 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W Firth, a manager at the Jarvis-Firth Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Macfie at 3358 and R L Shilvock at 3366. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2531 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Maggie Firth, a tailoress 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Higginbotham at 2519 and Miss H Bowles at 2543. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2466 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A W Firth, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Douglas at 2456 and Mrs F L Wilson at 2476. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1533 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss M J Firth 1940
    • Mary J Firth 1940
  12. 12

    2426 Yale Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Firth, a grain sampler 1940
    • Earl C Firth, an artist at Benwell-Atkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O Matthews at 2412 and J Hain at 2436. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 14: an artist (2), an engineer, a factory, a grain sampler, a manager and a nurse, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5), Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Kerrisdale. 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 Firth (no first name printed) at 1821 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte E Firth at 837 East 13th Avenue, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists A Firth at 21 East 5th Avenue, a factory for Alaska Pine.

S W Firth is listed at 1080 Gilford Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sykes W Firth there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists George Firth at 1718 Haro Street, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Jane M Firth at 1667 Harwood Street, an artist.

Miss M Firth is listed at 1455 Nelson Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists G W Firth at 3364 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George W Firth there as the householder, a manager at the Jarvis-Firth Electric. The 1940 name section lists Maggie Firth at 2531 West 45th Avenue, a tailoress.

A W Firth is listed at 2466 West 8th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Albert W Firth there as the householder, a postman. Miss M J Firth is listed at 1533 West Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary J Firth there as the householder.

R Firth is listed at 2426 Yale Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roland Firth there as the householder, a grain sampler, with Earl C Firth, an artist at Benwell-Atkins.

Today

1080 Gilford, 3364 West 1st and 2426 Yale still have their buildings from before 1946, 1080 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1821 Barclay (1958), 21 East 5th (1982), 2531 West 45th (1999) and 2466 West 8th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 837 East 13th, 1718 Haro, 1667 Harwood, 1455 Nelson and 1533 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.