A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McFetridges
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McFetridge 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 McFetridges lived
- 1
718 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- S A McFetridge, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1601 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- William McFatridge, a mate at Young & Gore Tugboat 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Crawford at 1615. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a mate and a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 S A McFetridge, a physician, at 718 Granville Street. S A McFetridge is listed at 3937 Osler Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam A McFetridge there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists William McFatridge at 1601 Robson Street, a mate at Young & Gore Tugboat.
Today
3937 Osler (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 718 Granville and 1601 Robson, 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.
- McFetridge S A phys718 Granville, p. 64
- McFetridge S A3937 Osler, p. 123
- McFetridge Sam A phys 625, 718 Granville3937 Osler, p. 376
- McFatridge Wm mate Young & Gore Tugboat1601 Robson, p. 376
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McFetridges
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McFetridge 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.