A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Fosters
In the city directories 1940 · 140 addresses on 105 streets
The directories print the Foster name at 140 addresses on 105 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Fosters lived
- West End17 addresses
- Downtown15 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage14 addresses
- Kitsilano13 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland12 addresses
- Sunset9 addresses
- Riley Park8 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Kerrisdale4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Shaughnessy4 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview4 addresses
- Oakridge3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- South Cambie3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Marpole1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Shaughnessy; five people: Alice Foster, Jean Foster and Mrs Annie Foster, and two more1940
- 2East 28th AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: D Foster, S Foster and Harry Foster, and one more1940
- 3East 56th AvenueThree addresses in Sunset; four people: G Foster, J H Foster and W Foster, and one more1940
- 4East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; three people: Mrs A Foster, Dr E J Foster and Joseph Foster1940
- 5Gladstone StreetThree addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: Mrs L E Foster, Clare Foster and H G Foster1940
- 6Nicola StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Mrs I B Foster, Annie V Foster and Gertrude Foster1940
- 7Parker StreetThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: E A Foster, H E Foster and P C Foster1940
- 8Alberni StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: R Foster and Lee W Foster1940
- 9Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Mrs A H Foster, Mrs June Foster and Mrs Marion Foster1940
- 10Charles StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: A M Foster and E R Foster1940
- 11East 27th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: F J Foster, Mrs E Foster and Edward C Foster1940
- 12East 41st AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; two people: G Foster and W K Foster1940
93 more streets, by name: Argyle Street (1), Arlington Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beatty Street (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Burrard Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Church Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Commercial Street (1), Cotton Drive (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (2), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (2), East 59th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East King Edward Avenue (2), Fleming Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (1), Heatley Avenue (1), Helmcken Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hosmer Avenue (1), Hudson Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Nelson Street (1), Nootka Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Robson Street (2), Ross Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Wallace Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (2), West 4th Avenue (2), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West 9th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (2).
Today
By the City's record, of the 140 addresses, 48 still have their buildings from before 1946, 46 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 46; each street's page names them.
The book of the Fosters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Foster 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under F. Want a name removed? Tell us.