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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Frames

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Frame at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Frames 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

    5562 Balsam Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs A E M Frame, widow of J F 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Wiper at 5502 and Mrs M M McGregor at 5574. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1770 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Frame, a houseman at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Burnell at 1762 and H A Edwards at 1772. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    622 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Thomas Frame 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Cavanagh at 614 and R Wilson at 624. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1037 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J D Frame, a laborer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Cosgrove at 1033 and C C Cruchley at 1041. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1090 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss E M Frame 1940
    • Emma M Frame 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gregg Apartments at 1086. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3656 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William H Frame, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Slavin at 3642 and J D Woods at 3664. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    435 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Frame, retired 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a houseman, a laborer and a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 Mrs A E M Frame at 5562 Balsam Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Abbie E M Frame there as the householder, widow of J F. In 1940 the directory lists J Frame at 1770 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists John Frame there as the householder, a houseman at the Vancouver Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas Frame at 622 East 11th Avenue. J D Frame is listed at 1037 Homer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James D Frame there as the householder, a laborer at the CPR.

Miss E M Frame is listed at 1090 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Emma M Frame there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists William H Frame at 3656 West Broadway, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists John Frame at 435 West Pender Street, retired.

Today

435 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5562 Balsam (1965) and 1770 Davie (1958) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 622 East 11th, 1037 Homer, 1090 West 12th and 3656 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.