A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Forsons
In the city directories 1940 · one person at one address
The directories print one person named Forson at one address, 1791 West 57th Avenue in Marpole, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Forsons at home
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What they did
The name section prints a trade for the one person: a chief clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Marpole. 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 H G Forson at 1791 West 57th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold G Forson there as the householder, a chief clerk at Canada Perm Mortgage.
Today
The City no longer lists 1791 West 57th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Forson H G1791 West 57th, p. 269
- Forson Harold G chf clk Canada Perm Mtge1791 West 57th, p. 204
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Forsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Forson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.