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A family name on Nicola Street, West End

The Fosters

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Foster at three addresses in 1940, all on Nicola Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 104 other streets too, all listed on the Foster name's own page.

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Where the Fosters 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

    947 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gertrude Foster, a cashier at Alexandra Ball Room 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Brendon at 933 and Mrs E Lammond at 951. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1076 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie V Foster, a maid for H H Watson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Rudge at 1050 and F Darling at 1090. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1160 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs I B Foster, widow of J H 1940

    Next door in 1940: chatteris apts at 1108 and House Seafield at 1186. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cashier and a maid. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 Gertrude Foster at 947 Nicola Street, a cashier at Alexandra Ball Room. The 1940 name section lists Annie V Foster at 1076 Nicola Street, a maid for H H Watson. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I B Foster at 1160 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section lists Irene B Foster there as the householder, widow of J H.

Today

1160 Nicola still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 947 Nicola (1987) and 1076 Nicola (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Fosters

Every directory, as one book

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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.