A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Folkinses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Folkins at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Folkinses at 504 East Hastings in 1940.
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Where the Folkinses lived
- 1
5650 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs F M Folkins, widow of S 1940
- Kathleen F Folkins 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Dawson at 5630. The block, door by door
- 2
504 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Miss H C Folkins 1940
- Helaine C Folkins, an elevator operator at the Birks Building 1940
- Mrs Annie Folkins 1940
Next door in 1940: West Coast Trading at 502 and R Hoshino at 508. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: an elevator operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 June 1929 J S Falkins took out the permit to build a house at 5650 Angus Drive. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F M Folkins at 5650 Angus Drive; 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 Florence M Folkins there as the householder, widow of S, with Kathleen F Folkins.
In 1940 the directory lists Miss H C Folkins at 504 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Helaine C Folkins there as the householder, an elevator operator at the Birks Building, with Mrs Annie Folkins.
Today
504 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5650 Angus Drive, so that building is 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.
- *Folkins Mrs F M5650 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Folkins Florence M wid S5650 Angus Drive, p. 202
- Folkins Kathleen F5650 Angus Drive, p. 202
- Folkins Miss H C504 East Hastings, p. 74
- Folkins Mrs Annie504 East Hastings, p. 202
- Folkins Helaine C elev opr Birks Bldg504 East Hastings, p. 202
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Folkinses
Every directory, as one book
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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.