A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fungs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Fung at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Fungs lived
- 1
240 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Wai Chow Fung, proprietor of Shaw Choy Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Growers Richmond at 236 and S Yip at 244. The block, door by door
- 2
306 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Kai Fong Fung 1940
Next door in 1940: Wah Ying Suie at 302 and Fong Wong at 316. The block, door by door
- 3
1344 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Chong G Fung, proprietor of Fung & Son Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Gordon & Sons at 1338 and Safeway Stores at 1346. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Wai Chow Fung at 240 East Georgia Street, proprietor of Shaw Choy Co. Kai Fong Fung is listed at 306 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kai Fong Fung there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Chong G Fung at 1344 Kingsway, proprietor of Fung & Son Co.
Today
The City no longer lists 240 East Georgia, 306 Keefer and 1344 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fung Wai Chow prop Shaw Choy Co240 East Georgia, p. 213
- Fung Kai Fong306 Keefer, p. 93
- Fung Kai Fong306 Keefer, p. 213
- Fung Chong G prop Fung & Son Co1344 Kingsway, p. 213
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Fungs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fung 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.