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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Fraser at three addresses in 1940, all on Nelson 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

    1184 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Fraser, a waitress for Paris Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Pearson at 1168. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1729 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Florence S Fraser, a public stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E F May at 1717 and Mrs F A McGraw at 1733. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1999 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henry W Fraser 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a public stenographer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 Mary Fraser at 1184 Nelson Street, a waitress for Paris Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence S Fraser at 1729 Nelson Street, a public stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Henry W Fraser at 1999 Nelson Street.

Today

1999 Nelson (1951) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1184 Nelson and 1729 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1184 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Frasers

Every directory, as one book

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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.