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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Foggs

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Fogg at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Foggs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2042 Bayswater Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Florence R Fogg 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Hilts at 2034. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1345 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Dorine M Fogg, a stenographer at the Vancouver Merchants Exchange 1940
    • Dorothy L Fogg, a stenographer at Canadian Celanese 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Dean at 1335 and C H Hitchen at 1359. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1138 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • William H Fogg, an assistant superintendent at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Morton at 1132 and T W Pluto at 1144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3847 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W F Fogg, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Crothers at 3841 and W J Saltmarsh at 3851. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a stenographer (2) and an assistant superintendent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs Florence R Fogg at 2042 Bayswater Street. The 1940 name section lists Dorine M Fogg at 1345 Davie Street, a stenographer at the Vancouver Merchants Exchange, with Dorothy L Fogg, a stenographer at Canadian Celanese. The 1940 name section lists William H Fogg at 1138 Nelson Street, an assistant superintendent at Canadian National Steamships.

W F Fogg is listed at 3847 West 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William F Fogg there as the householder, retired.

Today

2042 Bayswater still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3847 West 20th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1345 Davie and 1138 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.