A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Foxes
In the city directories 1940 · 69 addresses on 57 streets
The directories print the Fox name at 69 addresses on 57 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Foxx. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Foxes lived
- Kitsilano11 addresses
- Downtown9 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; six people: Mrs S Fox, Hugh Fox and M Fox, and three more1940
- 2Prince Albert StreetThree addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset; three people: E J Fox, G S Fox and Mrs F M Fox1940
- 3Richards StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Charles Fox, George Fox and Richard Fox1940
- 4East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: Mrs A M Fox, Mrs M A Fox and A Lloyd Fox, and one more1940
- 5Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Ernest Fox and Sam G Fox1940
- 6West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: J H Fox, John F Fox and Louisa Fox, and one more1940
- 7West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: H S Fox and Hilda F Fox1940
- 8West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; two people: G S Fox and Mrs H Fox1940
- 9Woodland DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A F Fox and Mrs M Fox1940
- 10Alder StreetOne address in Fairview; one person: Mary G Fox1940
- 11Alexander StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: F Fox1940
- 12Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Ernest F Fox1940
45 more streets, by name: Burrard Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Howe Street (1), Kelowna Street (1), McGill Street (1), North Kaslo Street (1), Ormidale Street (1), Parker Street (1), Robson Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Turner Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Walnut Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 69 addresses, 15 still have their buildings from before 1946, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 32; each street's page names them.
The book of the Foxes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fox name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under F. Want a name removed? Tell us.