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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Graws

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Graw at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Graws lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5969 Lancaster Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • L Graw, a splitter at J Chew Shingle 1940
    • Carl Graw, a laborer at J Chew Shingle 1940
  2. 2

    1113 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • L Graw, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Border at 1103 and J W Rennie at 1115. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2667 Waverley Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • M Graw, an inspector at J Chew Shingle 1940
    • William Graw, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Greenman at 2657. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an inspector, a laborer, a millworker and a splitter. Three of them worked for J Chew Shingle.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 L Graw at 5969 Lancaster Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Louis Graw there as the householder, a splitter at J Chew Shingle, with Carl Graw, a laborer at J Chew Shingle. In 1940 the directory lists L Graw at 1113 Union Street. The 1940 name section lists Louis Graw there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists M Graw at 2667 Waverley 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 lists Michael Graw there as the householder, an inspector at J Chew Shingle, with William Graw, a millworker.

Today

5969 Lancaster (1981) and 2667 Waverley (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1113 Union, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.