A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Grahams
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Graham at two addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia Street, with the close spelling Grahame. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 116 other streets too, all listed on the Graham name's own page.
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Where the Grahams lived
- 1
2554 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C J Graham, a floor man at Star Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Fennings at 2540 and G W Isherwood at 2560. The block, door by door
- 2
2878 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Graham, a bridgeman for W Greenlees 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Barclay at 2872 and A L Hourston at 2888. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bridgeman and a floor man.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 C J Graham at 2554 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil J Graham there as the householder, a floor man at Star Garage. In 1940 the directory lists H Graham at 2878 East Georgia Street; 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 Harold Graham there as the householder, a bridgeman for W Greenlees.
Today
2554 East Georgia and 2878 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Graham C J2554 East Georgia, p. 56
- Graham Cecil J fl mn Star Gar2554 East Georgia, p. 233
- *Graham H2878 East Georgia, p. 56
- Graham Harold bridgemn W Greenlees2878 East Georgia, p. 233
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.