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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Freeds

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Freed at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Freeds at 6637 Arbutus in 1940.

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Where the Freeds lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6637 Arbutus Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C F Freed, a department manager at Adam & Co 1940
    • D Mary Freed, a student at UBC 1940
    • Eleanore M Freed, a student 1940
    • Harry N Freed, a clerk at Vancouver Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C C Robinson at 6611 and G A McKay at 6641. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1351 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anthony T Freed 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Gray at 1339. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    777 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E K Freed 1940
    • Edith K Freed 1940

    Next door in 1940: McLean, Rowles & Co hairdrsr's supp at 775 and Irwinton Gro at 779. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1075 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Bert Freed, a shipper at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Reid at 1073 and Mrs L S Holland at 1077. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a clerk, a department manager and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and Kerrisdale. 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 C F Freed at 6637 Arbutus Street; 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 Charles F Freed there as the householder, a department manager at Adam & Co, with D Mary Freed, a student at UBC, Eleanore M Freed, a student, and Harry N Freed, a clerk at Vancouver Supplies. The 1940 name section lists Anthony T Freed at 1351 Barclay Street.

Miss E K Freed is listed at 777 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edith K Freed there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Bert Freed at 1075 Melville Street, a shipper at Woodward's.

Today

6637 Arbutus, 1351 Barclay and 777 Burrard still have their buildings from before 1946, 1351 Barclay on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1075 Melville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Freeds

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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.