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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Fraser at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

    1826 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Beatrice Fraser, a maid for C S Halliday 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Henderson at 1816 and H A Anderton at 1828. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3212 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J S Fraser, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Gosling at 3206 and Mrs J A Laughton at 3216. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3520 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Barbara Fraser, widow of W W 1940
    • Barbara Fraser, a stenographer at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: D D Smith at 3506 and R McDonnell at 3528. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3628 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R G Fraser, a miller at Vancouver Flour Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Glen at 3624 and H McDonald at 3636. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a maid, a miller and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Beatrice Fraser at 1826 West 14th Avenue, a maid for C S Halliday. J S Fraser is listed at 3212 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Stuart Fraser there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Barbara Fraser at 3520 West 14th Avenue, widow of W W, with Barbara Fraser, a stenographer at M-W Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists R G Fraser at 3628 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists R Grant Fraser there as the householder, a miller at Vancouver Flour Sales.

Today

1826 West 14th and 3520 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3212 West 14th (1997) and 3628 West 14th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.