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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Frasers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Fraser at five addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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

    75 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G R Fraser, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Demar at 65. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    686 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Billis at 676. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1616 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Fraser, a houseman at the Devonshire Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Shirokih at 1612 and Miss M Elliott at 1636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2135 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D J Fraser 1940
    • Gregory L Fraser, a shipper at Meyers Studio 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Augustines Sch Annex at 2125 and W T Wilkie at 2145. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2248 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D Fraser, retired 1940
    • Ronelva M Fraser, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Ewart at 2242 and G Pappas at 2256. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a houseman, a salesman and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 G R Fraser at 75 West 8th 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 Gordon R Fraser there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists G Fraser at 686 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists G Fraser there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists H Fraser at 1616 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hugh Fraser there as the householder, a houseman at the Devonshire Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists D J Fraser at 2135 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Daniel J Fraser there as the householder, with Gregory L Fraser, a shipper at Meyers Studio.

In 1940 the directory lists D Fraser at 2248 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don Fraser there as the householder, retired, with Ronelva M Fraser, a student.

Today

The City no longer lists 75 West 8th, 686 West 8th, 1616 West 8th, 2135 West 8th and 2248 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.