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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Garratts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Garratt at five 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 Garratts 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

    13 East 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Garratt, retired 1940
    • William J Garratt, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Balkwill at 5 and H Laumaillet at 19. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Garratt 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8643 Montcalm Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W H Garratt, a carpenter 1940
    • Morley W Garratt, a clerk at the Imperial Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Attrell at 8631 and Mrs E K Schetky at 8667. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    145 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S A Garratt, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A E Scott at 141. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1309 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Grosvenor Garratt 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Frith at 1301 and R Lunny at 1311. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a carpenter, a clerk, a salesman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Marpole. 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 J A Garratt at 13 East 3rd 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 James A Garratt there as the householder, retired, with William J Garratt, a waiter. In 1940 the directory lists G Garratt at 470 Granville Street.

W H Garratt is listed at 8643 Montcalm Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilber H Garratt there as the householder, a carpenter, with Morley W Garratt, a clerk at the Imperial Bank. S A Garratt is listed at 145 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan A Garratt there as the householder, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Grosvenor Garratt at 1309 West Pender Street.

Today

470 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 8643 Montcalm (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 13 East 3rd, 145 West 12th and 1309 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.