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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Froatses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Froats at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Froatses 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

    2760 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C W Froats 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R McPherson at 2750 and Miss E Waterman at 2766. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2766 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Cecil W Froats, an electrician at the Longley Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Froats at 2760 and R J Johnstone at 2792. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    850 East King Edward Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Froats, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
    • Edna M Froats, a sewer at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Tucker at 842 and T W Giddens at 858. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4235 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W T Froats, a meat cutter at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev A Barner at 4209. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an electrician, a freight hand, a meat cutter and a sewer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 W Froats at 2760 East 22nd 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 Cecil W Froats at 2766 East 22nd Avenue as the householder, an electrician at the Longley Electric. In 1940 the directory lists E J Froats at 850 East King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emerald J Froats there as the householder, a freight hand at the CPR, with Edna M Froats, a sewer at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists W T Froats at 4235 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter T Froats there as the householder, a meat cutter at Safeway.

Today

2760 East 22nd (1998), 850 East King Edward (1991) and 4235 Prince Albert (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2766 East 22nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Froatses

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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.