A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Grays
In the city directories 1940 · 159 addresses on 108 streets
The directories print the Gray name at 159 addresses on 108 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Grays lived
- West End19 addresses
- Downtown17 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise15 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage14 addresses
- Riley Park14 addresses
- Mount Pleasant13 addresses
- Kitsilano12 addresses
- West Point Grey11 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge5 addresses
- Killarney5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Kerrisdale3 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- South Cambie1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: T D Gray, James Gray, Mrs Edith Gray and one more1940
- 2West 14th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; seven people: C H Gray, H L Gray, W R Gray and four more1940
- 3West 5th AvenueFour addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eleven people: A Gray, H L Gray, M E Gray and eight more1940
- 4East 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; seven people: H C Gray, H T Gray, S Gray and four more1940
- 5East 4th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J W Gray, Mrs M A Gray and Edward Gray1940
- 6East King Edward AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park; five people: T H Gray, W S Gray, Gertrude Gray and two more1940
- 7Hornby StreetThree addresses in Downtown; four people: H J Gray, Joseph H Gray, Norman W Gray and one more1940
- 8Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Helen R Gray, Jane Gray and Mrs L R Gray1940
- 9West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: P G Gray, Edna Gray, Helen C Gray and four more1940
- 10West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: A Gray, J S Gray, D Harry Gray and four more1940
- 11West Georgia StreetThree addresses in Downtown; four people: D K Gray, E J Gray, James G Gray and one more1940
- 12West Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Dr A A Gray, Eric Gray and G Gray1940
96 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (2), Burrard Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (2), Davie Street (2), East 10th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (2), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (2), East 5th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (2), East Pender Street (1), Fraser Street (2), Gilford Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (2), Hoy Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Kingsway (2), Kitchener Street (1), Main Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), Maple Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), McSpadden Avenue (1), Moss Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (1), Powell Street (2), Price Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prior Street (2), Quilchena Crescent (1), Robson Street (2), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (2), Stephens Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Thurlow Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Waverley Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (2), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (2), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West 9th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Windermere Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 159 addresses, 69 still have their buildings from before 1946, 36 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 54; each street's page names them.
The book of the Grays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gray 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.