A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Grahams
In the city directories 1940 · 188 addresses on 117 streets
The directories print the Graham name at 188 addresses on 117 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Grahame. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Grahams lived
- Downtown31 addresses
- West End24 addresses
- Kitsilano21 addresses
- Fairview14 addresses
- Mount Pleasant11 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands10 addresses
- Kerrisdale9 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood9 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland8 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage8 addresses
- Riley Park7 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge5 addresses
- Shaughnessy5 addresses
- Strathcona4 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- West Point Grey4 addresses
- Marpole3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown; five people: A R Graham, Alex S Graham, Graham (no first name printed) and two more1940
- 2Nelson StreetFive addresses in West End; five people: J G Graham, Frank Graham, Graham (no first name printed) and two more1940
- 3West 12th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; nine people: F G Graham, J Graham, Mrs E A Graham and six more1940
- 4West 8th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: C E Graham, C J Graham, H Graham and three more1940
- 5Comox StreetFour addresses in West End; nine people: E W Graham, Mrs A A Graham, W J Graham and six more1940
- 6West Georgia StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: W Graham, C W Graham, Gladys Graham and two more1940
- 7West Hastings StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: A Graham, Agnes Graham, Frank Graham and two more1940
- 8Barclay StreetThree addresses in West End; five people: Elizabeth C Graham, George M Graham, J Graham and two more1940
- 9Cornwall AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; three people: M S R Graham, T M Graham and Joseph Graham1940
- 10Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: G R Graham, Colin R Graham and Graham (no first name printed)1940
- 11Main StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Mount Pleasant; three people: J Graham, John W Graham and W F Graham1940
- 12West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: Mrs H Graham, Graham (no first name printed), James Graham and one more1940
105 more streets, by name: Alberta Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (2), Bute Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Cypress Street (2), Davie Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (2), East 10th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (2), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (2), East 49th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (2), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (2), East Hastings Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Fremlin Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kingsway (2), Kitchener Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), Melville Street (2), Nanaimo Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Napier Street (2), Nicola Street (1), Oak Street (1), Ontario Street (2), Osler Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pendrell Street (2), Picton Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Princess Avenue (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (2), Seymour Street (1), Shaughnessy Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Tolmie Street (1), Trafalgar Street (2), Trinity Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Turner Street (1), Wales Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 20th Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (2), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 33rd Avenue (3), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (2), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (3), West 6th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (2), Windermere Street (1), Yale Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 188 addresses, 68 still have their buildings from before 1946, 42 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 78; each street's page names them.
The book of the Grahams
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Graham 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.