A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Frouds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Froud 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 Frouds lived
- 1
5109 Chambers Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- F R Froud, a waiter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Vick at 5139. The block, door by door
- 2
643 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F J Froud, an electrician at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J Goodman at 635 and A R Williams at 649. The block, door by door
- 3
876 Jervis Street
West End, 1940
- Herbert G Froud, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L Cochrane at 836. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an electrician and a waiter. Two of them worked for CPR.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 F R Froud at 5109 Chambers Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick R Froud there as the householder, a waiter at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists F J Froud at 643 East 10th 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 lists Frederick J Froud there as the householder, an electrician at the CPR.
The 1940 name section lists Herbert G Froud at 876 Jervis Street, retired.
Today
643 East 10th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5109 Chambers and 876 Jervis, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Froud F R5109 Chambers, p. 28
- Froud Fredk R waiter CPR5109 Chambers, p. 212
- *Froud F J643 East 10th, p. 198
- Froud Fredk J electn CPR643 East 10th, p. 212
- Froud Herbt G retired876 Jervis, p. 212
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Frouds
Every directory, as one book
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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.