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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Furnisses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Furniss at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Furnisses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6106 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • William A Furniss, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Fletcher at 6116. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7216 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H W B Furniss, a clerk at Empire Ship 1940
  3. 3

    425 East 29th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J B Furniss 1940

    Next door in 1940: T B Robinson at 419 and Mrs M M McIlveen at 433. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6206 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • T Furniss, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Withers at 6216. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    822 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Furniss, in fruit trees 1940

    Next door in 1940: Motordrome Ltd at 848. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2836 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Furniss, proprietor of Len's Home Bakery 1940
    • Thelma Furniss, a saleswoman at Len's Home Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Storey at 2832 and H V George at 2840. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk, a laborer, a proprietor, a saleswoman and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Downtown, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano 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 William A Furniss at 6106 Chester Street, a laborer. H W B Furniss is listed at 7216 Cypress Street in 1940; 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 lists Harry W B Furniss there as the householder, a clerk at Empire Ship. J B Furniss is listed at 425 East 29th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists T Furniss at 6206 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Furniss there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists A Furniss, in fruit trees, at 822 Seymour Street.

F Furniss is listed at 2836 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Furniss there as the householder, proprietor of Len's Home Bakery, with Thelma Furniss, a saleswoman at Len's Home Bakery.

Today

6106 Chester, 7216 Cypress, 6206 Prince Albert and 2836 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 425 East 29th (1967) and 822 Seymour (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Furnisses

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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.