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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Fraser at eight addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Frasers at 1128 Granville in 1940. 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

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

    545 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L C Fraser, in sporting goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: bower building at 543 and Douglas Tom Tailors at 549. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    569 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles E Fraser, a manager at the Mainland Stock Exchange 1940

    Next door in 1940: Honey Dew at 563 and Eden Cafe at 571. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    871 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Fraser 1940
    • Miss Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1035 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L C Fraser, a caretaker at the Risteen Apartments 1940
    • Herbert D Fraser, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maple Leaf Cafe at 1033 and Coast Cap Mfg at 1037. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1128 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Cecelia Fraser, a maid at the Pennsylvania Hotel 1940
    • John Fraser, a driver 1940
    • Robert E Fraser, an apprentice at Wrigley Printing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cut Rate Furn at 1126 and clowes block at 1130. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2408 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • W E Fraser, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Butter Store at 2410. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4112 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Lyman Fraser, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E White at 4138. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the twelve: an apprentice, a caretaker, a carpenter, a driver, a maid and a manager, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6), Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 L C Fraser, in sporting goods, at 545 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Fraser at 569 Granville Street, a manager at the Mainland Stock Exchange. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Fraser at 871 Granville Street, with Miss Fraser. The 1940 name section lists J Fraser at 1025 Granville Street.

In 1940 the directory lists L C Fraser at 1035 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Lewis C Fraser there as the householder, a caretaker at the Risteen Apartments, with Herbert D Fraser, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Cecelia Fraser at 1128 Granville Street, a maid at the Pennsylvania Hotel, with John Fraser, a driver, and Robert E Fraser, an apprentice at Wrigley Printing.

W E Fraser is listed at 2408 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William E Fraser there as the householder, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Lyman Fraser at 4112 Granville Street, retired.

Today

1025 Granville, 1035 Granville, 2408 Granville and 4112 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1025 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 545 Granville (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 569 Granville, 871 Granville and 1128 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 1035 Granville: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.