A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Frasers
In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses
The directories print six people named Fraser at five addresses in 1940, all on Barclay 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 138 other streets too, all listed on the Fraser name's own page.
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Where the Frasers lived
- 1
1055 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Elsie E Fraser, a waitress at Morray's Fountain Lunch 1940
- Margaret H Fraser, a waitress at Jiffy Coffee Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: R Short at 1053 and Mrs D J Newman at 1061. The block, door by door
- 2
1075 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Harold W Fraser, a barber at Strand Barber Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: G Logan at 1071. The block, door by door
- 3
1323 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- James Fraser 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Cameron at 1325. The block, door by door
- 4
1531 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Robert W Fraser, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: H Simpson at 1515 and J Collcutt at 1549. The block, door by door
- 5
2050 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J Allan Fraser, a salesman at Western City 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Fletcher at 2040. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a salesman (2), a waitress (2) and a barber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Elsie E Fraser at 1055 Barclay Street, a waitress at Morray's Fountain Lunch, with Margaret H Fraser, a waitress at Jiffy Coffee Shop. The 1940 name section lists Harold W Fraser at 1075 Barclay Street, a barber at Strand Barber Shop. The 1940 name section lists James Fraser at 1323 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert W Fraser at 1531 Barclay Street, a salesman.
The 1940 name section lists J Allan Fraser at 2050 Barclay Street, a salesman at Western City.
Today
1323 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 1531 Barclay (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1055 Barclay, 1075 Barclay and 2050 Barclay, 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.
- Fraser Elsie E waitress Morray's Fountain Lunch1055 Barclay, p. 208
- Fraser Margt H waitress Jiffy Coffee Shop1055 Barclay, p. 209
- Fraser Harold W barber Strand Barber Shop1075 Barclay, p. 208
- Fraser Jas1323 Barclay, p. 208
- Fraser Robt W slsmn1531 Barclay, p. 209
- Fraser J Allan slsmn Western City2050 Barclay, p. 208
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Frasers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Fraser 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.