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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Furnells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Furnell 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. The most under one roof: three Furnells at 975 West 13th in 1940.

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Where the Furnells 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

    4150 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C Furnell, proprietor of Terminal Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Lorne at 4130 and C S Babb at 4170. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2045 Maple Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F T Furnell, a bus operator at the BC Electric Railway 1940
  3. 3

    55 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Arthur Furnell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zokol at 45 and G B Rexford at 65. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    975 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T F Furnell, of T G McBride 1940
    • Lawrence Furnell, a driver for T G McBride 1940
    • Stan Furnell, a shipper for T G McBride 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Hunter at 965 and E B McMaster at 999. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a bus operator, a driver, a proprietor and a shipper. Three of them worked for T G McBride.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 C Furnell at 4150 Blenheim Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Furnell there as the householder, proprietor of Terminal Barber Shop. In 1940 the directory lists F T Furnell at 2045 Maple Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick T Furnell there as the householder, a bus operator at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Arthur Furnell at 55 West 10th Avenue, retired. T F Furnell is listed at 975 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas F Furnell there as the householder, of T G McBride, with Lawrence Furnell, a driver for T G McBride, and Stan Furnell, a shipper for T G McBride.

Today

4150 Blenheim and 2045 Maple still have their buildings from before 1946; 975 West 13th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 55 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Furnells

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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.