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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grassies

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Grassie at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Grassi. 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 Grassies at 2275 Turner in 1940.

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Where the Grassies 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

    2275 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Grassi, a laborer at Machinery Jobbing & Junk 1940
    • Ada Grassi, a packer at Famous Foods 1940
    • Anne Grassi, a saleswoman at Main Confectionery 1940
    • Olga Grassi, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Stewart at 2265. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1003 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W H Grassie, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Burns at 1009. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    607 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Grassie, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pitman's Optical House at 605 and 19 listings at 615. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a saleswoman (2), a jeweller, a laborer and a packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 Grassi at 2275 Turner 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Claudio Grassi there as the householder, a laborer at Machinery Jobbing & Junk, with Ada Grassi, a packer at Famous Foods, Anne Grassi, a saleswoman at Main Confectionery, and Olga Grassi, a saleswoman at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists W H Grassie at 1003 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Grassie there as the householder, a jeweller.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Grassie, a jeweller, at 607 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter H. Grassie there.

Today

2275 Turner still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1003 West 33rd (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 607 West Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.