A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Sharps
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Sharp at two addresses in 1940, all on Fraser Street, with the close spelling Sharpe. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Sharps at 7468 Fraser in 1940. The directories print the name on 64 other streets too, all listed on the Sharp name's own page.
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Where the Sharps lived
- 1
3233 Fraser Street
Riley Park, 1940
- W R Sharp, a musician 1940
Next door in 1940: Peace Cleaners at 3223 and A C Horswall at 3237. The block, door by door
- 2
7468 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- F M Sharp, a carpenter 1940
- Margaret R Sharp, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940
- Thomas Sharp, a sawyer at Acme Shingle 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Smith at 7456. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a musician, a saleswoman and a sawyer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park and Sunset. 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 W R Sharp at 3233 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William R Sharp there as the householder, a musician. In 1940 the directory lists F M Sharp at 7468 Fraser 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 lists Frederick M Sharp there, a carpenter, with Margaret R Sharp, a saleswoman at Woolworths, and Thomas Sharp, a sawyer at Acme Shingle.
Today
The City no longer lists 3233 Fraser and 7468 Fraser, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Sharp W R3233 Fraser, p. 52
- Sharp Wm R musician3233 Fraser, p. 554
- *Sharp F M7468 Fraser, p. 53
- Sharp Fredk M carp7468 Fraser, p. 554
- Sharp Margt R slswm Woolworths7468 Fraser, p. 554
- Sharp Thos sawyer Acme Shingle7468 Fraser, p. 554
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Sharps
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Sharp name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.