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A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Grahams

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Graham at two addresses in 1940, all on West 21st Avenue, 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3738 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G H Graham, proprietor of Graham Novelty 1940
    • Doris C Graham, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Wilson at 3728 and C W Conrad at 3750. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3964 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Graham, retired 1940
    • William Graham 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Forrest at 3958 and E J Humphreys at 3970. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an employee and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 G H Graham at 3738 West 21st Avenue; 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 George H Graham there as the householder, proprietor of Graham Novelty, with Doris C Graham, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists J Graham at 3964 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Graham there as the householder, retired, with William Graham.

Today

3738 West 21st (2008) and 3964 West 21st (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Every directory, as one book

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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.