A family name on Trafalgar Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
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 Trafalgar 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
Ridge
- 1
5426 Trafalgar Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J E F Graham, a service engineer at Dominion Sound Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Walker at 5402 and G V Briar at 5450. The block, door by door
- 2
5638 Trafalgar Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- W H Graham 1940
Next door in 1940: T G Stokes at 5612 and G L Landon at 5662. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a service engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (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 J E F Graham at 5426 Trafalgar 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John E F Graham there as the householder, a service engineer at Dominion Sound Equipment. In 1940 the directory lists W H Graham at 5638 Trafalgar Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Graham there as the householder.
Today
5638 Trafalgar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 5426 Trafalgar (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Graham J E F5426 Trafalgar, p. 157
- Graham John E F serv eng Dom Sound Equip5426 Trafalgar, p. 233
- *Graham W H5638 Trafalgar, p. 157
- Graham Wm H5638 Trafalgar, p. 234
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.