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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Froeses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Froese at three 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.

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Where the Froeses 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

    1707 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B Froese, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Gebbie at 1727. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    836 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Anne Froese, a maid for F J Lynn 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gordon at 830 and A D Zimmer at 842. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2050 West 20th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mary Froese, a maid at H R Glass 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Wright at 2060. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid (2) and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 B Froese at 1707 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bernard Froese there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Anne Froese at 836 Hamilton Street, a maid for F J Lynn. The 1940 name section lists Mary Froese at 2050 West 20th Avenue, a maid at H R Glass.

Today

1707 East 4th and 2050 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1707 East 4th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 836 Hamilton, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Froeses

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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.