A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
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 Hastings 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
116 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Frank Graham, a sawyer at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: black & white hat store at 112 and Toric Optical Co at 118. The block, door by door
- 2
603 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss L Graham, a dressmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: Post Fund Last at 601 and Pitman's Optical House at 605. The block, door by door
- 3
828 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- A Graham 1940
Next door in 1940: J T O'Bryan at 822 and Jukes A E & Co Ltd at 840. The block, door by door
- 4
1147 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Agnes Graham, a student 1940
- Mrs Margaret Graham 1940
Next door in 1940: M Montgomery at 1129 and Mrs H Wright at 1151. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a sawyer.
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 Frank Graham at 116 West Hastings Street, a sawyer at BC Plywoods. Miss L Graham, a dressmaker, is listed at 603 West Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists A Graham at 828 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Graham at 1147 West Hastings Street, a student, with Mrs Margaret Graham.
Today
116 West Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1906 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 603 West Hastings, 828 West Hastings and 1147 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Graham Frank sawyer BC Plywoods116 West Hastings, p. 233
- Graham Miss L drsmkr603 West Hastings, p. 79
- Graham A828 West Hastings, p. 233
- Graham Agnes studt1147 West Hastings, p. 233
- Graham Mrs Margt1147 West Hastings, 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.