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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

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 West 6th 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

    3355 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A H Fraser, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Cherry at 3345 and S C Fairn at 3365. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4585 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C McL Fraser, a professor at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J G Reid at 4575 and Rev G B Switzer at 4593. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4595 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs A Fraser, widow of R N 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev G B Switzer at 4593. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4654 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Alex J Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Burgess at 4650 and C E Milley at 4660. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a professor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3) and Kitsilano. 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 A H Fraser at 3355 West 6th 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 Alex H Fraser there as the householder, an accountant. In 1940 the directory lists C McL Fraser at 4585 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists C McLean Fraser there as the householder, a professor at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Fraser at 4595 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Amelia Fraser there as the householder, widow of R N. The 1940 name section lists Alex J Fraser at 4654 West 6th Avenue.

Today

3355 West 6th, 4585 West 6th and 4595 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4654 West 6th (2013) has a newer building, 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, 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.