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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Foulises

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Foulis at four addresses in 1940 in three 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: three Foulises at 3984 West 11th in 1940.

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Where the Foulises 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

    2220 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Edith Foulis, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940
  2. 2

    2225 East 50th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W G A Foulis, a meat cutter at Grand Union Mount & Provincial Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Sheret at 2219 and R T Prior at 2229. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4409 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R Foulis 1940
    • Mrs Louise Foulis, proprietor of Madame Hillary 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Shamrock at 4403 and A H Woolner at 4415. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3984 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs E A Foulis, widow of W G 1940
    • Janet E Foulis, a stenographer at M-W Ltd 1940
    • Mabel K Foulis, a stenographer at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Scott at 3978 and P E Turley at 3994. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a stenographer (2), a helper, a meat cutter and a proprietor. Two of them worked for M-W Ltd. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Edith Foulis at 2220 East 28th Avenue, a helper for Kelly Douglas. W G A Foulis is listed at 2225 East 50th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William G A Foulis there as the householder, a meat cutter at Grand Union Mount & Provincial Market.

R Foulis is listed at 4409 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Foulis there as the householder, with Mrs Louise Foulis, proprietor of Madame Hillary. Mrs E A Foulis is listed at 3984 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edith A Foulis there as the householder, widow of W G, with Janet E Foulis, a stenographer at M-W Ltd, and Mabel K Foulis, a stenographer at M-W Ltd.

Today

2220 East 28th (2000) and 2225 East 50th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4409 West 10th and 3984 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Foulises

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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.