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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

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

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W C Fraser, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    812 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A S Fraser, a janitor at Court House Block 1940

    Next door in 1940: H N Tait at 806 and Welch's Ltd at 814. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1041 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: Corner Hamburger White at 1037 and G W Miller at 1049. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1368 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A D Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gifford Hotel at 1348 and Mrs B A Shirley at 1374. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a janitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End (2). 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 W C Fraser at 715 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William C Fraser there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists A S Fraser at 812 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex S Fraser there as the householder, a janitor at Court House Block.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Fraser at 1041 Robson Street. Mrs A D Fraser is listed at 1368 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs A D Fraser there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 715 Robson, 812 Robson, 1041 Robson and 1368 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Frasers

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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.