A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Frasers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Fraser at two addresses in 1940, all on West 34th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
2249 West 34th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- K B Fraser, a superintendent at Vedder Logging 1940
Next door in 1940: V C Cowan at 2235 and H M Morrison at 2263. The block, door by door
- 2
4006 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J D Fraser, retired 1940
- F Ross Fraser, who worked for Mills & Packers Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: R V Kirkby at 4014. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 K B Fraser at 2249 West 34th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken B Fraser there as the householder, a superintendent at Vedder Logging. In 1940 the directory lists J D Fraser at 4006 West 34th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John D Fraser there as the householder, retired, with F Ross Fraser, who worked for Mills & Packers Ltd.
Today
2249 West 34th (2018) and 4006 West 34th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Fraser K B2249 West 34th, p. 250
- Fraser Ken B supt Vedder Logging2249 West 34th, p. 209
- Fraser J D4006 West 34th, p. 250
- Fraser F Ross purchasing Mills & Pkrs Ltd4006 West 34th, p. 208
- Fraser John D retired4006 West 34th, 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.