A family name on Richards Street, Downtown
The Flemings
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Fleming at two addresses in 1940, all on Richards Street, with the close spelling Flemming. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 60 other streets too, all listed on the Fleming name's own page.
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Where the Flemings lived
- 1
522 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Fleming (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door
- 2
1325 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs E Fleming, widow of J O 1940
- James R Fleming, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G J Lloyd at 1321 and Mrs M Blair at 1333. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fleming (no first name printed) at 522 Richards Street. Mrs E Fleming is listed at 1325 Richards Street 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 Ellen Fleming there as the householder, widow of J O, with James R Fleming, a salesman.
Today
The City no longer lists 522 Richards and 1325 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fleming — —522 Richards, p. 200
- *Fleming Mrs E1325 Richards, p. 142
- Fleming Ellen wid J O1325 Richards, p. 200
- Fleming Jas R slsmn1325 Richards, p. 200
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Flemings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fleming 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.