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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Fraser at four addresses in 1940, all on Haro 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

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

    1070 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F C Fraser, widow of L H 1940
    • H D Fraser, a steam fitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mansfield at 1066. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1126 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Norma E Fraser, a stenographer at Oppenheimer Bros, Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hallatt at 1118 and Mrs M P Denholm at 1132. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1168 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gilbert G Fraser, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Infants Hosp (VGH) at 1154 and W J Tyacke at 1172. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1206 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E W Fraser, widow of D A 1940
    • Jean O Fraser, a stenographer at the Begg Parts Depot 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Everett at 1230. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), a salesman and a steam fitter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 H D Fraser at 1070 Haro Street. By 1940 it is Mrs F C Fraser. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frances C Fraser there as the householder, widow of L H, with Henry D Fraser, a steam fitter. The 1940 name section lists Norma E Fraser at 1126 Haro Street, a stenographer at Oppenheimer Bros, Wood.

The 1940 name section lists Gilbert G Fraser at 1168 Haro Street, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company. Mrs E W Fraser is listed at 1206 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ellen W Fraser there as the householder, widow of D A, with Jean O Fraser, a stenographer at the Begg Parts Depot.

Today

The City no longer lists 1070 Haro, 1126 Haro, 1168 Haro and 1206 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.