A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Foxes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Fox at two addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue, with the close spelling Foxx. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 56 other streets too, all listed on the Fox name's own page.
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Where the Foxes lived
- 1
2166 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H S Fox, a glazier at Regal Art Glass 1940
Next door in 1940: A Shaw at 2162 and G R Berteaux at 2172. The block, door by door
- 2
2565 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Hilda F Fox, a stenographer at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Fowler at 2555 and Miss R E Williams at 2575. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a glazier and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 H S Fox at 2166 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry S Fox there as the householder, a glazier at Regal Art Glass. The 1940 name section lists Hilda F Fox at 2565 West 7th Avenue, a stenographer at UBC.
Today
The City no longer lists 2166 West 7th and 2565 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fox H S2166 West 7th, p. 192
- Fox Henry S glazier Regal Art Glass2166 West 7th, p. 206
- Fox Hilda F sten UBC2565 West 7th, p. 206
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.