A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Fosters
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Foster at two addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Fosters at 1872 West 5th in 1940. 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
- 1
1872 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G A Foster, a refrigeration fitter 1940
- Edward Foster, a helper at the Georgia Hotel 1940
- Evelyn Foster, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Reid at 1866 and H Carbonneau at 1878. The block, door by door
- 2
3304 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W H Foster, a salesman at Dacks Shoes 1940
Next door in 1940: J O Sweet at 3302 and E G Harding at 3306. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a helper, a maid, a refrigeration fitter and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 G A Foster at 1872 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George A Foster there as the householder, a refrigeration fitter, with Edward Foster, a helper at the Georgia Hotel, and Evelyn Foster, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists W H Foster at 3304 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William H Foster there as the householder, a salesman at Dacks Shoes.
Today
The City no longer lists 1872 West 5th and 3304 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Foster G A1872 West 5th, p. 185
- Foster Edw hlpr Georgia Hotel1872 West 5th, p. 205
- Foster Evelyn maid Van Genl Hosp1872 West 5th, p. 205
- Foster Geo A refrig ftr1872 West 5th, p. 205
- Foster W H3304 West 5th, p. 185
- Foster Wm H slsmn Dacks Shoes3304 West 5th, p. 205
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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: 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.