A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fleetons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Fleeton at two addresses in 1940 in Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Fleetons lived
- 1
3376 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W J Fleeton, a helper at the Sumner Brass Foundry 1940
Next door in 1940: V Alto at 3356 and H M Murray at 3398. The block, door by door
- 2
2881 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Margaret Fleeton, widow of W J 1940
Next door in 1940: R B Cormack at 2861. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 W J Fleeton at 3376 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Fleeton there as the householder, a helper at the Sumner Brass Foundry. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Fleeton at 2881 East Pender Street, widow of W J.
Today
2881 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; for 3376 Adanac, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fleeton W J3376 Adanac, p. 2
- Fleeton Wm J hlpr Sumner Brass Fndy3376 Adanac, p. 199
- Fleeton Margt wid W J2881 East Pender, p. 199
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Fleetons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fleeton 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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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.