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The Flecks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Fleck at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Flecks 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

    1662 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Bernice Fleck, a stenographer at Robertson, Douglas & Symes 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hankin at 1656 and P A De Ryk at 1666. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5036 Cypress Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Frances Fleck, a maid for H F Puder 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Blackwell at 5050. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    611 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C E Fleck, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1445 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gregg Fleck, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M G Erskine at 1435. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3584 West 40th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss C Fleck 1940
    • Christina Fleck 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Ruggles at 3576 and W Macfarlane at 3594. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an engineer, a maid, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs Bernice Fleck at 1662 Barclay Street, a stenographer at Robertson, Douglas & Symes. The 1940 name section lists Frances Fleck at 5036 Cypress Street, a maid for H F Puder. In 1940 the directory lists C E Fleck at 611 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Fleck there as the householder, an engineer.

The 1940 name section lists Gregg Fleck at 1445 Pendrell Street, a salesman. Miss C Fleck is listed at 3584 West 40th 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 Christina Fleck there as the householder.

Today

5036 Cypress and 611 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1445 Pendrell (1964) and 3584 West 40th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1662 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.