A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West Broadway, 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
19 West Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Don Graham, proprietor of Ritz Confectionery 1940
Next door in 1940: Boardman-Shaw at 17 and Instrument Serv Lab at 21. The block, door by door
- 2
3249 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- N H S Graham, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: N N Kovaleff at 3255. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a longshoreman and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Don Graham at 19 West Broadway, proprietor of Ritz Confectionery. N H S Graham is listed at 3249 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norval H S Graham there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
The City no longer lists 19 West Broadway and 3249 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Graham Don prop Ritz Conf19 West Broadway, p. 233
- Graham N H S3249 West Broadway, p. 19
- Graham Norval H S lngshmn3249 West Broadway, p. 234
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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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.