A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The Frasers
In the city directories 1925–1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Fraser at three addresses between 1925 and 1940, all on Quebec 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Frasers lived
- 1
- 2
3952 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs L A Fraser, widow of H Q 1940
Next door in 1940: C F Lockhart at 3940. The block, door by door
- 3
6356 Quebec Street
Sunset, 1940
- J Fraser, a steelworker 1940
- Minnie Fraser, a packer at National Biscuit 1940
Next door in 1940: J Leslie at 6318 and J H Nickolls at 6368. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a packer and a steelworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 1925 the directory lists M Fraser at 2649 Quebec Street. Mrs L A Fraser is listed at 3952 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Laura A Fraser there as the householder, widow of H Q.
J Fraser is listed at 6356 Quebec Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists James Fraser there as the householder, a steelworker, with Minnie Fraser, a packer at National Biscuit.
Today
2649 Quebec, 3952 Quebec and 6356 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946, 2649 Quebec on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Fraser M2649 Quebec, p. 106
Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, street section
- Fraser Mrs L A3952 Quebec, p. 138
- Fraser Laura A wid H Q3952 Quebec, p. 209
- *Fraser J6356 Quebec, p. 139
- Fraser Jas stlwkr6356 Quebec, p. 208
- Fraser Minnie pkr Natl Biscuit6356 Quebec, 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.