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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fuersts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Fuerst at three 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.

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Where the Fuersts 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

    119 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Fuerst 1940

    Next door in 1940: Eagle Mill & Log Supp at 117 and Nicol G Oil Supp at 123. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3244 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Fuerst, of Superior Mat 1940
    • Adolph Fuerst, of Superior Mat 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ferguson's Elec Bky at 3240 and Young Bros at 3250. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1847 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E Fuerst, widow of R 1940
    • Boyd H Fuerst 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McLeod at 1839 and W C Overill at 1851. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Riley Park. 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 E Fuerst at 119 East Cordova Street. J Fuerst is listed at 3244 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Julius Fuerst there as the householder, of Superior Mat, with Adolph Fuerst, of Superior Mat.

Mrs E Fuerst is listed at 1847 Triumph Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Emma Fuerst there as the householder, widow of R, with Boyd H Fuerst.

Today

119 East Cordova (1987) and 1847 Triumph (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3244 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 3244 Main: no archive photo of the 3200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Fuersts

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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.