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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fordyces

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Fordyce at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Fordyces at 727 East 51st in 1940.

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Where the Fordyces 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

    4522 Belmont Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W G Fordyce, a president at Fordyce Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Lewis at 4514 and G M Smart at 4538. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1570 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A S Fordyce, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Wong at 1546 and H L Chambers at 1576. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    727 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G Fordyce, a cutter at the BC Monumental Works 1940
    • Doris J Fordyce, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Frances N Fordyce 1940

    Next door in 1940: West Mem Reg Bapt Ch at 715 and A J Hobson at 739. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1606 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Fordyce, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Bellamy at 1616. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    20 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Fordyce, a stone mason 1940
    • George A Fordyce 1940
    • Mary E Fordyce, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Black at 14 and R Dalgleish at 36. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a cutter, an employee, a laundress, a president, a saleswoman and a stone mason.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Sunset, West End and West Point Grey. 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 W G Fordyce at 4522 Belmont Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Fordyce there as the householder, a president at Fordyce Motors. In 1940 the directory lists A S Fordyce at 1570 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert S Fordyce there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Alex Fordyce, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists G Fordyce at 727 East 51st 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 lists George Fordyce there as the householder, a cutter at the BC Monumental Works, with Doris J Fordyce, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Frances N Fordyce. The 1940 name section lists Mary Fordyce at 1606 Nelson Street, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

A Fordyce is listed at 20 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Fordyce there as the householder, a stone mason, with George A Fordyce, and Mary E Fordyce, a laundress at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

1606 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 4522 Belmont (2005), 1570 East 2nd (2009), 727 East 51st (1983) and 20 West 12th (1956) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.