A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fjarlies
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Fjarlie at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Fjarlies lived
- 1
2282 East 5th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- I B Fjarlie, a helper at Cedar Cove S&D 1940
Next door in 1940: J Anderson at 2270. The block, door by door
- 2
955 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- O Fjarlie, a mill hand at Overseas Wood Products 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L C Ward at 949 and R S Veale at 973. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a helper and a mill hand.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 I B Fjarlie at 2282 East 5th 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 Iver B Fjarlie there as the householder, a helper at Cedar Cove S&D. In 1940 the directory lists O Fjarlie at 955 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Ole Fjarlie there as the householder, a mill hand at Overseas Wood Products.
Today
2282 East 5th (1986) and 955 West Broadway (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fjarlie I B2282 East 5th, p. 184
- Fjarlie Iver B hlpr Cedar Cove S&D2282 East 5th, p. 199
- Fjarlie O955 West Broadway, p. 17
- Fjarlie Ole millhd Overseas Wood Prod955 West Broadway, p. 199
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Fjarlies
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.