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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Fraser at five addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. 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

    966 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W E Fraser, an aircraft technician at Boeings 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kellett at 956 and W B Nemetz at 968. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1256 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Don Fraser, a salesman for Orange Crush 1940
    • Vaughan B Fraser, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B R All at 1246 and Miss J E Pounder at 1266. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1485 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J G Fraser, a president at J G Fraser Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: I C Finley at 1455. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3969 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H Fraser, a president at Austin Hotel Co Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Campbell at 3961 and L J Labey at 3977. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4544 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W R Fraser, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Smith at 4536 and T Davis at 4548. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a president (2), a salesman (2), an aircraft technician and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and West Point Grey (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 E Fraser at 966 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William E Fraser there as the householder, an aircraft technician at Boeings. The 1940 name section lists Don Fraser at 1256 West 13th Avenue, a salesman for Orange Crush, with Vaughan B Fraser, a salesman.

J G Fraser is listed at 1485 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Gordon Fraser there as the householder, a president at J G Fraser Ltd. H Fraser is listed at 3969 West 13th Avenue 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 Hugh Fraser there as the householder, a president at Austin Hotel Co Ltd.

W R Fraser is listed at 4544 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William R Fraser there as the householder, an engineer.

Today

1485 West 13th and 4544 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3969 West 13th (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 966 West 13th and 1256 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.