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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fotheringhams

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Fotheringham 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. The most under one roof: four Fotheringhams at 4534 Prince Albert in 1940.

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Where the Fotheringhams 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

    1157 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E F Fotheringham, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Rouse at 1153 and J A Ewan at 1181. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    839 Lakewood Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D Fotheringham 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Cooney at 849. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1111 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Fotheringham (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: S H Latimer at 1109 and W C Short at 1115. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4534 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A W Fotheringham, in coal and wood 1940
    • Andrew M Fotheringham, a student at UBC 1940
    • Doris G Fotheringham, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • John A Fotheringham, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Ross at 4544. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a clerk and a coal and wood. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 E F Fotheringham at 1157 East 13th 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 Emma F Fotheringham there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists D Fotheringham at 839 Lakewood Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fotheringham (no first name printed) at 1111 Nelson Street.

In 1940 the directory lists A W Fotheringham, in coal and wood, at 4534 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Andrew W Fotheringham there, in coal and wood, with Andrew M Fotheringham, a student at UBC, Doris G Fotheringham, a clerk at Spencer's, and John A Fotheringham, a student.

Today

1157 East 13th, 839 Lakewood Drive and 4534 Prince Albert still have their buildings from before 1946, 4534 Prince Albert on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1111 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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 Fotheringhams

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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.