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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fourniers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Fournier 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 Fourniers 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

    3584 Marshall Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Fournier, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Haggart at 3576. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1596 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Fournier, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    676 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W G Fournier, a fitter 1940
    • Frances A Fournier, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Richardson at 624 and Mrs M Griffin at 680. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2055 West 49th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Christine Fournier, a maid for J D Coyle 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Roedde at 2045. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a fitter, a maid and a millworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and South Cambie. 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 R Fournier at 3584 Marshall Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Romeo Fournier there as the householder, a millworker. In 1940 the directory lists T Fournier at 1596 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Fournier there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Fournier at 676 West 19th 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 G Fournier there as the householder, a fitter, with Frances A Fournier, widow of A. The 1940 name section lists Christine Fournier at 2055 West 49th Avenue, a maid for J D Coyle.

Today

3584 Marshall still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 1596 West 14th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 676 West 19th and 2055 West 49th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Fourniers

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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.