A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Craigs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Craig at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 83 other streets too, all listed on the Craig name's own page.
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Where the Craigs lived
- 1
736 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- W M Craig, a beauty shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door
- 2
751 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs I Craig, a naturopath 1940
Next door in 1940: Orpheum Hosiery Shop at 749 and Aloha Hat Shop at 755. The block, door by door
- 3
876 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Andrew Craig, a chauffeur for Rainbow Cabs 1940
Next door in 1940: Bon Ton Pastry & Conf at 874 and Orpheum Theatre at 884. The block, door by door
- 4
1221 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Craig, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a chauffeur and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 M Craig, a beauty shop, at 736 Granville Street. Mrs I Craig, a naturopath, is listed at 751 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew Craig at 876 Granville Street, a chauffeur for Rainbow Cabs. The 1940 name section lists J Craig at 1221 Granville Street, who worked for Pacific Meat, with John Craig, a warehouseman.
Today
736 Granville, 876 Granville and 1221 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 751 Granville, so that building is 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.
- Craig W M beauty shop736 Granville, p. 64
- Craig Mrs I naturopath751 Granville, p. 65
- Craig Andw chauf Rainbow Cabs876 Granville, p. 135
- Craig J emp Pac Meat1221 Granville, p. 136
- Craig John whsmn1221 Granville, p. 136
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Craigs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Craig 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.