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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fontaines

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Fontaine at seven addresses in 1940 in four 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 Fontaines lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    736 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Fontaine, a timberman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Knitting Mills Heather at 734 and R N Telford at 738. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    567 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • I Fontaine 1940
  3. 3

    1238 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Almena Fontaine, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pioneer Fndy at 1236 and N Stojcic at 1256. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1310 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Woodrow Fontaine, a helper at Imperial Casket 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Lusk at 1308 and G W Riley at 1328. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    767 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • H Fontaine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sudar at 783. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    717 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • James Fontaine 1940

    Next door in 1940: western weighing co at 733. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3037 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • V Fontaine, a lather 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Markham at 3009 and T H Galt at 3051. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a helper, a lather and a timberman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Downtown, Kitsilano 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 E Fontaine at 736 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edmond Fontaine there as the householder, a timberman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists I Fontaine at 567 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Almena Fontaine at 1238 East Pender Street, widow of J.

The 1940 name section lists Woodrow Fontaine at 1310 Howe Street, a helper at Imperial Casket. H Fontaine is listed at 767 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Fontaine at 717 Powell Street.

V Fontaine is listed at 3037 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Victor Fontaine there as the householder, retired, with Victor E Fontaine, a lather.

Today

736 East Broadway and 3037 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 736 East Broadway on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 567 East Hastings (1971) and 767 Keefer (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1238 East Pender, 1310 Howe and 717 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.