A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Flemings
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Fleming at two addresses in 1940, all on West 37th 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
1775 West 37th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs M E Fleming, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Clarkson at 1747. The block, door by door
- 2
3157 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Maude V Fleming, a social worker at the Provincial Child Guidance Clinic BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: H Robertson at 3141 and A M McKim at 3175. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a social worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 Mrs M E Fleming at 1775 West 37th 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 Mary E Fleming there as the householder, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Maude V Fleming at 3157 West 37th Avenue, a social worker at the Provincial Child Guidance Clinic BC Government.
Today
3157 West 37th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1775 West 37th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fleming Mrs M E1775 West 37th, p. 253
- Fleming Mary E wid J1775 West 37th, p. 200
- Fleming Maude V social wkr Prov Child Guidance Clinic BC Govt3157 West 37th, 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.