A family name on Dundas Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Grants
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Grant at two addresses in 1940, all on Dundas Street. 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 123 other streets too, all listed on the Grant name's own page.
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Where the Grants lived
- 1
2175 Dundas Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs B Grant 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Rose at 2173 and T Arakawa at 2177. The block, door by door
- 2
3530 Dundas Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J B Grant, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Lillian Grant, a hairdresser for Maison Henri 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Watters at 3522 and T S Frier at 3546. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a hairdresser and a meterman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs B Grant at 2175 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Betty Grant there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J B Grant at 3530 Dundas 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 lists James B Grant there as the householder, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway, with Lillian Grant, a hairdresser for Maison Henri.
Today
3530 Dundas still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2175 Dundas, so that building is 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.
- Grant Mrs B2175 Dundas, p. 45
- Grant Mrs Betty2175 Dundas, p. 235
- *Grant J B3530 Dundas, p. 46
- Grant Jas B metermn BCER3530 Dundas, p. 235
- Grant Lillian hairdrsr Maison Henri3530 Dundas, p. 235
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Grants
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Grant 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.