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A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Forsyths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Forsyth at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue, with the close spelling Forsythe. 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 Forsyths at 1836 East 7th in 1940. 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

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

    1836 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G S Forsyth, retired 1940
    • Jean E Forsyth, a clerk at Woodward's 1940
    • Owen S Forsyth, proprietor of the Kennedy Radio Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Trinity United Ch at 1820 and J McSkimming at 1840. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2043 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Forsythe, a chiropractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Waugh at 2037 and C E Shannon at 2049. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3135 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Forsyth, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Stan J Forsyth, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Vant at 3123 and H Greveling at 3149. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a chiropractor, a clerk, a laborer, a millworker and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 G S Forsyth at 1836 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George S Forsyth there as the householder, retired, with Jean E Forsyth, a clerk at Woodward's, and Owen S Forsyth, proprietor of the Kennedy Radio Service. In 1940 the directory lists W Forsythe at 2043 East 7th 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 William Forsythe there as the householder, a chiropractor.

In 1940 the directory lists J Forsyth at 3135 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Forsyth there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with Stan J Forsyth, a millworker at BC Plywoods.

Today

1836 East 7th and 2043 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3135 East 7th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Forsyths

Every directory, as one book

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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.