A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Frasers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Fraser at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Frasers at 3930 West 11th 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
- 1
1776 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss F M Fraser 1940
- Frances M Fraser 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Elder at 1768 and E Collinge at 1786. The block, door by door
- 2
3930 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A Fraser, a manager at Granville Vulcanizer 1940
- Ewen McL Fraser, a clerk at BC Plywoods 1940
- William McM Fraser, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Franks at 3922 and H W Cameron at 3938. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a clerk and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 Miss F M Fraser at 1776 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frances M Fraser there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A Fraser at 3930 West 11th Avenue; 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 Angus Fraser there as the householder, a manager at Granville Vulcanizer, with Alastair I Fraser, a clerk for Dingwall Cotts, Ewen McL Fraser, a clerk at BC Plywoods, and William McM Fraser, a student at UBC.
Today
1776 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3930 West 11th, so that building is 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.
- Fraser Miss F M1776 West 11th, p. 204
- Fraser Frances M1776 West 11th, p. 208
- *Fraser A3930 West 11th, p. 205
- Fraser Alastair I clk Dingwall Cotts3930 West 11th, p. 208
- Fraser Angus mgr Granville Vulc3930 West 11th, p. 208
- Fraser Ewen McL clk BC Plywoods3930 West 11th, p. 208
- Fraser Wm McM studt UBC3930 West 11th, p. 209
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.