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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Foukeses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Foukes at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Fouks. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Foukeses at 1444 West 46th in 1940.

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Where the Foukeses 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

    1395 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Foukes, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J M English at 1385. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1444 West 46th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • M Fouks 1940
    • Arthur Fouks, a student at UBC 1940
    • David Fouks 1940
    • Gertrude Fouks, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bennett at 1432 and F L Borland at 1456. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a bookkeeper and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and Oakridge. 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 J Foukes at 1395 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack Fouks there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists M Fouks at 1444 West 46th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Moses Fouks there as the householder, with Arthur Fouks, a student at UBC, David Fouks, and Gertrude Fouks, a bookkeeper.

Today

1395 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1444 West 46th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Foukeses

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.