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A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

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 Parker 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

    1422 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P C Foster, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Helmer at 1416 and N Halishoff at 1428. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2778 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E A Foster 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Dexter at 2774. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3061 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H E Foster, a steelworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Carnes at 3037 and A H Parker at 3067. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a fireman and a steelworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 P C Foster at 1422 Parker Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Paul C Foster there as the householder, a fireman. In 1940 the directory lists E A Foster at 2778 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Edwin A Foster there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists H E Foster at 3061 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Hector E Foster there as the householder, a steelworker.

Today

1422 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2778 Parker (1973) and 3061 Parker (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 1422 Parker: no archive photo of the 1400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.