A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Frasers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Fraser at three addresses in 1940, all on Fraser 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
3922 Fraser Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A E Fraser 1940
Next door in 1940: J Provan at 3918. The block, door by door
- 2
5969 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- Produce Fraser, in fruit and produce 1940
Next door in 1940: A Lee at 5957 and Fraser Furn at 5971. The block, door by door
- 3
6126 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- Mrs M Fraser 1940
- Margaret Fraser, a caretaker at Arnason Block 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe De Lila at 6124 and C W Sutherland at 6128. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a caretaker and a fruit and produce.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A E Fraser at 3922 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Produce Fraser at 5969 Fraser Street, in fruit and produce. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Fraser at 6126 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Fraser there as the householder, a caretaker at Arnason Block.
Today
6126 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3922 Fraser and 5969 Fraser, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fraser A E3922 Fraser, p. 52
- Fraser Produce fruit and prod5969 Fraser, p. 209
- Fraser Mrs M6126 Fraser, p. 53
- Fraser Margt caretkr Arnason Blk6126 Fraser, p. 209
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.