A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Grahams
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Graham at five addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, with the close spelling Grahame. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1120 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Frank Graham 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Balan at 1112 and 5 listings at 1122. The block, door by door
- 2
1225 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- J G Graham, a clerk at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland 1940
Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door
- 3
1717 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Patrick Graham 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Coveney at 1713 and W Fieldhouse at 1729. The block, door by door
- 4
1730 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- John S Grahame 1940
Next door in 1940: P L Fletcher at 1726 and C H Alley at 1740. The block, door by door
- 5
1826 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Graham (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: W D Smith at 1822 and R W Thompson at 1846. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (5). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Graham at 1120 Nelson Street. J G Graham is listed at 1225 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John G Graham there as the householder, a clerk at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland. The 1940 name section lists Patrick Graham at 1717 Nelson Street.
The 1940 name section lists John S Grahame at 1730 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Graham (no first name printed) at 1826 Nelson Street.
Today
1225 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1120 Nelson, 1717 Nelson, 1730 Nelson and 1826 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Graham Frank1120 Nelson, p. 233
- Graham J G1225 Nelson, p. 119
- Graham John G clk Macaulay Nicolls Maitland1225 Nelson, p. 233
- Graham Patk1717 Nelson, p. 234
- Grahame John S1730 Nelson, p. 234
- Graham Mrs —1826 Nelson, p. 233
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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: 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.