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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Graburns

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Graburn at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Graburns 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

    1012 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • A K Graburn 1940

    Next door in 1940: Meikle Elec & Radio at 1010 and George Barber Shop at 1014. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1209 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • N Graburn, a salesman at Cope & Son 1940
  3. 3

    3167 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George L Graburn, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: H N Parker at 3161 and O Notte at 3173. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Kitsilano. 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 A K Graburn at 1012 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur K Graburn there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists N Graburn at 1209 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section lists Nelson Graburn there as the householder, a salesman at Cope & Son.

The 1940 name section lists George L Graburn at 3167 West 6th Avenue, a clerk at the CPR.

Today

1209 Jervis and 3167 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1209 Jervis on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1012 Davie, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Graburns

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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.