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The Fordhams

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Fordham 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 Fordhams 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

    1325 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • J G Fordham, a director at Ex-Service Men's Billets 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Coventry at 1315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2038 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E Fordham, widow of J R 1940
    • John A Fordham, a trucker at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Hall at 2032 and W McF Allan at 2044. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4752 Little Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Fordham, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Anderson at 4744 and L Hargreaves at 4768. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5876 Tyne Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • R Fordham, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smellie at 5870 and J G James at 5882. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a director, a laborer, a salesman and a trucker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Killarney and West End. 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 J G Fordham at 1325 Cardero Street; 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 John G Fordham there as the householder, a director at Ex-Service Men's Billets. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Fordham at 2038 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Fordham there as the householder, widow of J R, with John A Fordham, a trucker at American Can.

In 1940 the directory lists A Fordham at 4752 Little Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Fordham there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists R Fordham at 5876 Tyne Street. The 1940 name section lists Richard Fordham there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

5876 Tyne still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2038 East 23rd (1968) and 4752 Little (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1325 Cardero, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.