A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Grahams
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Graham at four addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia 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
231 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- John Graham, a laborer at United Distillers 1940
Next door in 1940: N Pappas at 221 and G Omelican at 235. The block, door by door
- 2
307 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Graham, a mechanic at Rae's Leather Goods 1940
Next door in 1940: L Kershaw at 305 and J V Murray at 309. The block, door by door
- 3
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- C W Graham, a physician 1940
- W L Graham, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 4
1155 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Gladys Graham, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors Serv Sta at 1147 and A Leslie at 1159. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer, a mechanic and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 John Graham at 231 West Georgia Street, a laborer at United Distillers. W Graham is listed at 307 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Graham there as the householder, a mechanic at Rae's Leather Goods.
W L Graham, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is C W Graham, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Gladys Graham at 1155 West Georgia Street, a saleswoman.
Today
The City no longer lists 231 West Georgia, 307 West Georgia, 925 West Georgia and 1155 West Georgia, 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 John lab United Distillers231 West Georgia, p. 233
- Graham W307 West Georgia, p. 56
- Graham Wm mech Rae's Leather Goods307 West Georgia, p. 234
- Graham C W phys925 West Georgia, p. 58
- Graham W L phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Graham Gladys slswm1155 West Georgia, 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.