A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 13th Avenue, 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
134 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- T H Fleming, a salesman at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940
- Evelyn Fleming, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: A Petrie at 128 and B G Davies at 146. The block, door by door
- 2
1066 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss F M Fleming, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: D Crawford at 1056 and R McDonald at 1076. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a nurse, a salesman and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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
In 1940 the directory lists T H Fleming at 134 West 13th 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 Thomas H Fleming there as the householder, a salesman at Singer Sewing Machinery, with Evelyn Fleming, a saleswoman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Miss F M Fleming at 1066 West 13th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
134 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 1066 West 13th (1975) has a newer building, 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.
- *Fleming T H134 West 13th, p. 211
- Fleming Evelyn slswm Woodwards134 West 13th, p. 200
- Fleming Thos H slsmn Singer Sewing Mach134 West 13th, p. 200
- Fleming Miss F M nurse Van Genl Hosp1066 West 13th, p. 200
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.