A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Forsyths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Forsyth at two addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spelling Forsythe. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 40 other streets too, all listed on the Forsyth name's own page.
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Where the Forsyths lived
- 1
1118 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Frances Forsythe, an operator at Gault Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: E L Eeman at 1114 and A D Watson at 1120. The block, door by door
- 2
1924 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J D Forsyth, of Forsyth & Whitelaw 1940
Next door in 1940: D B Benson at 1900 and N C P Graves at 1934. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frances Forsythe at 1118 Barclay Street, an operator at Gault Bros. J D Forsyth is listed at 1924 Barclay Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John D Forsyth there as the householder, of Forsyth & Whitelaw.
Today
1924 Barclay (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1118 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Forsythe Frances opr Gault Bros1118 Barclay, p. 204
- Forsyth J D1924 Barclay, p. 9
- Forsyth John D of Forsyth & Whitelaw1924 Barclay, p. 204
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Forsyths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Forsyth 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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Another name, or a house
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.