Vancouver
Victoria-Fraserview
1,289 addresses on 43 streets, in the 1940 city directory
Little of Victoria-Fraserview's 1940 is left to see: one in eleven of its addresses still has a building from before 1946, against one in three on the rest of the site's streets. For laborers, nowhere on the site comes close to Victoria-Fraserview: 162 laborers in 1940, three times as common as on the site's other streets. One was John O Nordell, at 5794 Argyle Street.
Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.
At work in 1940
The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.
Laborer162
- John O Nordell5794 Argyle Street
- Warden R Taylor6950 Balmoral Street
- Emery D Alston5812 Beatrice Street
- John Brownlee5804 Berkeley Street
- Thomas W Stockdale6404 Bruce Street
And 157 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter59
- Attilio Bassani6031 Argyle Street
- John B Horner5806 Beatrice Street
- Michael Maloney6675 Berkeley Street
- Alfred W Westall6306 Bruce Street
- James Tofts5889 Commercial Street
And 54 more, each on their own house's page.
Clerk52
- Irene V Yule5821 Argyle Street
- Freda Holdcroft6451 Beatrice Street
- Edith M Moore5938 Berkeley Street
- Annie MacKenzie7040 Clarendon Street
- William Baynes7432 Duff Street
And 47 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman48
- Wilfred Black5905 Argyle Street
- Roy E Atlee5994 Dumfries Street
- Ralph Capper1508 East 41st Avenue
- Clif N Borton2146 East 42nd Avenue
- Arthur E Bennett2145 East 43rd Avenue
And 43 more, each on their own house's page.
Millworker44
- Norman W Bennison5812 Argyle Street
- Arthur Foulds7394 Berkeley Street
- Clayton S Wine6130 Bruce Street
- Charles F Rothenbush7043 Clarendon Street
- Pierre W Foss5897 Commercial Street
And 39 more, each on their own house's page.
Driver43
- George A Kidd5879 Argyle Street
- Don M H Brown5753 Beatrice Street
- John H Magoon5773 Commercial Street
- John H Ferguson5784 Dumfries Street
- Cecil F Salisbury1707 East 41st Avenue
And 38 more, each on their own house's page.
Mechanic34
- Michael Slipec5785 Beatrice Street
- Ron Howell6649 Berkeley Street
- Walter P Jelley6583 Clarendon Street
- Harold W Crooks6102 Commercial Street
- Roy G Harrison5762 Dumfries Street
And 29 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor30
- Harold L Whiteside6099 Beatrice Street
- Anthony J Foster5839 Commercial Street
- Mrs Sarah Moore7368 Duff Street
- Herbert E Fletcher6996 Dumfries Street
- Ernest E Savage2165 East 43rd Avenue
And 25 more, each on their own house's page.
Engineer24
- Randle Taylor6950 Balmoral Street
- William Williams7036 Clarendon Street
- George A Parkinson6241 Dumfries Street
- George W Doyle2232 East 42nd Avenue
- Chris T Metcalfe2106 East 44th Avenue
And 19 more, each on their own house's page.
Operator24
- John M Turner6593 Berkeley Street
- Ada G Stamp7205 Duff Street
- Antonia Russo6980 Dumfries Street
- Florence A McMillan2628 East 42nd Avenue
- Edith E Sheppard2142 East 43rd Avenue
And 19 more, each on their own house's page.
Helper23
- Herbert Alston5812 Beatrice Street
- Charles H Woodnutt6150 Bruce Street
- R Vaugeois1722 East 41st Avenue
- Walter Maslanka2185 East 43rd Avenue
- Gordon A Graham2233 East 44th Avenue
And 18 more, each on their own house's page.
Janitor20
- Frank W Bennison5812 Argyle Street
- William Crook7106 Berkeley Street
- Archibald Greer6270 Commercial Street
- Harold L Payne6195 Dumfries Street
- Cyril Hadfield2062 East 42nd Avenue
And 15 more, each on their own house's page.
Sawyerfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets9
- John Thom6559 Dumfries Street
- Willis E Randall1896 East 50th Avenue
- William E Marriott2440 East 51st Avenue
- William F Watts2727 East 56th Avenue
- Frank Dronsfield1912 East 59th Avenue
And 4 more, each on their own house's page.
Farmerfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Chris Torgerson1947 East 41st Avenue
- Frederick Humphrey2041 East 44th Avenue
- William F Elliott2069 East 57th Avenue
- William C Coleman2203 East 60th Avenue
- Clarence V Norton1927 East 61st Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
Shoe repairerfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Robert A Parker2098 East 44th Avenue
- William Hansen2260 East 51st Avenue
- Charles E Eden5983 Fleming Street
- Frank Tautz5785 Victoria Drive
- James H Gardener2109 Waverley Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
Seven people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Canadian White Pine73
- BC Plywoods43
- Vancouver City37
- BC Electric Railway30
- Spencer's22
- CPR18
- Woodward's14
- Vancouver General Hospital12
At home
922 of the 1,271 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
Three in five of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.
Still standing
122 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 787 were rebuilt later, and 380 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 1976 East 50th Avenuebuilt 1905
- 1845 East 51st Avenuebuilt 1910
- 2042 East 49th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 2212 East 46th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 2235 East 52nd Avenuebuilt 1910
- 2386 East 45th Avenuebuilt 1910
Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.
On the 1912 map
Three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.
The streets
The 43 streets in Victoria-Fraserview on the site, A to Z.
- Argyle Streetthe 5700–6400, 6600, 7500–7600 and 7800–8200 blocks: 52 addresses, six still standing1940
- Balmoral Street2 addresses1940
- Beatrice Streetthe 5700–6400 and 6900 blocks: 67 addresses, four still standing1940
- Berkeley Street33 addresses, one still standing1940
- Bruce Streetthe 6100–6400 blocks: 14 addresses1940
- Clarendon Streetthe 5700, 6500–6600, 7000–7100 and 7400 blocks: 17 addresses, one still standing1940
- Commercial Streetthe 5700–6400 and 8300–8400 blocks: 43 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Duff Street16 addresses, one still standing1940
- Dumfries Streetthe 5700–6900 and 7100–7200 blocks: 67 addresses, five still standing1940
- Earles Streetthe 5700 and 5900 blocks: 3 addresses1940
- 1940
- East 42nd Avenuethe 2000–2200 and 2500–2600 blocks: 35 addresses, three still standing1940
- East 43rd Avenuethe 1500, 2000–2200 and 2700 blocks: 44 addresses, six still standing1940
- East 44th Avenuethe 2000–2200 and 2700 blocks: 41 addresses, four still standing1940
- East 45th Avenuethe 2000–2700 blocks: 77 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- East 46th Avenuethe 2000–2400 and 2600 blocks: 55 addresses, eight still standing1940
- East 47th Avenuethe 1700, 2000–2200 and 2600 blocks: 28 addresses, two still standing1940
- East 48th Avenuethe 2000 and 2200 blocks: 8 addresses1940
- East 49th Avenuethe 1400–2400 blocks: 51 addresses, eight still standing1940
- East 50th Avenuethe 1800–2200 blocks: 47 addresses, five still standing1940
- East 51st Avenuethe 1800–2500 blocks: 28 addresses, three still standing1940
- East 52nd Avenuethe 1800–2200 blocks: 31 addresses, three still standing1940
- East 54th Avenuethe 1400–1500 and 1800–2600 blocks: 45 addresses, two still standing1940
- East 55th Avenuethe 1400, 1700 and 3600 blocks: 6 addresses1940
- East 56th Avenuethe 1700, 1900 and 2600–2700 blocks: 23 addresses1940
- East 57th Avenuethe 1400–1600, 2000–2400 and 2600 blocks: 26 addresses, two still standing1940
- East 59th Avenuethe 1600–1900 blocks: 18 addresses1940
- East 60th Avenuethe 1500–1600 and 2000–2200 blocks: 15 addresses1940
- East 61st Avenuethe 1400–1500, 1700–2400 and 3100 blocks: 28 addresses, three still standing1940
- East 63rd Avenuethe 1700–1900 and 2300–2400 blocks: 12 addresses1940
- East 64th Avenuethe 1700–1800, 2200 and 2600 blocks: 13 addresses1940
- Elliott Street10 addresses1940
- Fleming Streetthe 5700–6200 and 6400–6800 blocks: 40 addresses, two still standing1940
- Gladstone Streetthe 6400, 6700–7000, 7200–7400 and 8200 blocks: 24 addresses, one still standing1940
- Island Avenue7 addresses, one still standing1940
- Knight Streetthe 6500–6600, 7100 and 7600 blocks: 9 addresses, one still standing1940
- Lanark Streetthe 5700–5800 and 6000–6900 blocks: 38 addresses1940
- Nanaimo Streetthe 6000 block: 4 addresses1940
- Rhodes Streetthe 5700 block: 12 addresses, two still standing1940
- Stirling Street5 addresses1940
- Victoria Drivethe 5700–7200, 7400–7800, 8100 and 8400–8500 blocks: 109 addresses, ten still standing1940
- Wales Streetthe 5700–5900 and 7000 blocks: 19 addresses, two still standing1940
- Waverley Avenuethe 2000–2200, 2600 and 2800 blocks: 27 addresses, one still standing1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at one door in Victoria-Fraserview instead of the residents' names. Its canvassers often didn't take down Chinese, Japanese and other residents' names, so the people at those doors can't be named or counted from it. Each door is on its street's page, as printed.
Next door
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset.