A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
The Grants
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Grant at three addresses in 1940, all on Seymour Street. 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 123 other streets too, all listed on the Grant name's own page.
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Where the Grants lived
- 1
515 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- John Grant, a clerk at the Metropole Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: C R Tate at 521. The block, door by door
- 2
576 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- A H Grant, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodman's Intl Imptg Co at 574 and Evans & Hastings Prntg at 578. The block, door by door
- 3
773 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Hector Grant, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: Royal Parking Serv at 767 and Ambassador Beer Parlor at 775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Grant at 515 Seymour Street, a clerk at the Metropole Hotel. A H Grant, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 576 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hector Grant at 773 Seymour Street, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal.
Today
515 Seymour and 576 Seymour still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 773 Seymour, so that building is 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.
- Grant John clk Metropole Hotel515 Seymour, p. 235
- Grant A H mfrs agt576 Seymour, p. 150
- Grant Hector clk Bk of Mont773 Seymour, p. 235
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.