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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fortunes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Fortune at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Fortunes 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

    136 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs C Fortune, widow of J A 1940
    • Ernest J Fortune 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Ramlo at 128 and C G Fairman at 144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5592 Larch Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • R H Fortune, a salesman 1940
    • Shirley Fortune, a commercial artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev T Wilson at 5586. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2704 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss A M Fortune, a nursing home 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Marshall at 2714. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1455 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss M T Fortune 1940
    • Mary T Fortune, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B King at 1445 and queen mary apts at 1465. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a clerk, a commercial artist and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Mrs C Fortune at 136 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath Fortune there as the householder, widow of J A, with Ernest J Fortune. In 1940 the directory lists R H Fortune at 5592 Larch Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert H Fortune there as the householder, a salesman, with Shirley Fortune, a commercial artist.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss A M Fortune, a nursing home, at 2704 West 12th Avenue. Miss M T Fortune is listed at 1455 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary T Fortune there as the householder, a clerk.

Today

136 East 24th, 5592 Larch, 2704 West 12th and 1455 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2704 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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.