A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Flumerfelts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Flumerfelt at two addresses in 1940, all on West 36th Avenue. 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 Flumerfelts lived
Southlands
- 1
3407 West 36th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H D Flumerfelt, an agent at Confederation Life 1940
Next door in 1940: A Haddock at 3463. The block, door by door
- 2
3855 West 36th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W R Flumerfelt, a manager 1940
Next door in 1940: A McD Gibb at 3845 and Miss E McL Henderson at 3865. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an agent and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 H D Flumerfelt at 3407 West 36th 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 Herbert D Flumerfelt there as the householder, an agent at Confederation Life. In 1940 the directory lists W R Flumerfelt at 3855 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Ross Flumerfelt there as the householder, a manager.
Today
3407 West 36th and 3855 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Flumerfelt H D3407 West 36th, p. 252
- Flumerfelt Herbt D agt Confed Life3407 West 36th, p. 201
- Flumerfelt W R3855 West 36th, p. 252
- Flumerfelt W Ross mgr Boom Chain Trans3855 West 36th, p. 201
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Flumerfelts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Flumerfelt 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.