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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Grants

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named Grant at five addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Grants at 1846 West 15th 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

    1375 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss H M Grant 1940
    • Helen M Grant, a clerk at American Consulate General 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shaughnessy Crescent at 1325 and braemar (the) at 1379. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1483 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Garfield Grant, a salesman at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: miromar (the) at 1465 and shaughnessy mansions at 1487. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1846 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M W Grant, widow of W P 1940
    • Angus Grant, an office manager at McDermid, Miller & McDermid 1940
    • Cora M Grant, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Hilda Grant, an accountant at Famous 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Lockhart at 1840 and G R Hulme at 1856. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3536 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W Grant, an accountant 1940
    • Elizabeth W Grant, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Montgomery at 3530 and G E Kent at 3558. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4064 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L S Grant, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: N D McEwen at 4058 and J L Cobbin at 4074. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: an accountant (2), a barrister, a clerk, an employee, an office manager and a salesman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Miss H M Grant at 1375 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Helen M Grant there as the householder, a clerk at American Consulate General. The 1940 name section lists Garfield Grant at 1483 West 15th Avenue, a salesman at Shell Oil.

Mrs M W Grant is listed at 1846 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary W Grant there as the householder, widow of W P, with Angus Grant, an office manager at McDermid, Miller & McDermid, Cora M Grant, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Hilda Grant, an accountant at Famous. G W Grant is listed at 3536 West 15th Avenue in 1940; 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 George W Grant there as the householder, an accountant, with Elizabeth W Grant, a barrister.

L S Grant is listed at 4064 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Louis S Grant there as the householder, a school teacher.

Today

1846 West 15th and 3536 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1375 West 15th, 1483 West 15th and 4064 West 15th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.