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A family name on East 44th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Grants

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at two addresses

The directories print nine people named Grant at two addresses in 1940, all on East 44th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Grants at 417 East 44th in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    417 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C F Grant, a janitor at the Province Building 1940
    • Alice M Grant, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Helen A Grant, an elevator operator 1940
    • Mary C Grant, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Patrick C Grant, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Connor at 421. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2846 East 44th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Miss P Grant 1940
    • Prudence Grant 1940
    • Ethel M Grant, a stenographer for C R J Young 1940
    • James B Grant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S L Crook at 2850. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an elevator operator, a helper, a janitor, a saleswoman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney and Sunset. 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 C F Grant at 417 East 44th 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 Colin F Grant there as the householder, a janitor at the Province Building, with Alice M Grant, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital, Helen A Grant, an elevator operator, Mary C Grant, a saleswoman at Woodward's, and Patrick C Grant, a student. In 1940 the directory lists Miss P Grant at 2846 East 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Prudence Grant there as the householder, with Ethel M Grant, a stenographer for C R J Young, and James B Grant.

Today

417 East 44th (1961) and 2846 East 44th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Grants

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.