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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Garrods

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Garrod 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. The most under one roof: three Garrods at 3924 Victoria Drive in 1940.

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Where the Garrods 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

    2911 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F J Garrod, proprietor of Garrod's Refrigeration Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Downey at 2935. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    439 East 35th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E W Garrod 1940
    • Florence A Garrod, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Kirk at 435. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3924 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • I J Garrod, a warehouseman at M-W Ltd 1940
    • Eldrick W Garrod 1940
    • Ivan R Garrod, a bookkeeper at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Mortimer at 3908 and J N Condy at 3944. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a bookkeeper, a clerk, a proprietor and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 J Garrod at 2911 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick J Garrod there as the householder, proprietor of Garrod's Refrigeration Service. In 1940 the directory lists E W Garrod at 439 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W Garrod there as the householder, with Florence A Garrod, a clerk at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists I J Garrod at 3924 Victoria Drive; 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 Ivan J Garrod there as the householder, a warehouseman at M-W Ltd, with Eldrick W Garrod, and Ivan R Garrod, a bookkeeper at Buckerfield's.

Today

3924 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2911 Adanac (1983) and 439 East 35th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.