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A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Grants

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Grant at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street. 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: four Grants at 1429 William 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

    1429 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W H Grant, a shipper 1940
    • Evelyn G Grant, a dressmaker at The Donaldsons 1940
    • Lily E Grant, a bookkeeper 1940
    • Victor W Grant, a janitor at the Dominion Bank Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: LeR C Wright at 1459. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1727 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Grant, a janitor at Columbia Paper 1940
    • Margaret I Grant, a clerk at Birks 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Davis at 1737. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a janitor (2), a bookkeeper, a clerk, a dressmaker and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 W H Grant at 1429 William Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Grant there as the householder, a shipper, with Walter Grant, a salesman at Woodward's, Evelyn G Grant, a dressmaker at The Donaldsons, Lily E Grant, a bookkeeper, and Victor W Grant, a janitor at the Dominion Bank Building. In 1940 the directory lists A Grant at 1727 William Street. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Grant there as the householder, a janitor at Columbia Paper, with Margaret I Grant, a clerk at Birks.

Today

1727 William still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 1429 William (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.