A family name on East 18th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Grays
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Gray at two addresses in 1940, all on East 18th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 107 other streets too, all listed on the Gray name's own page.
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Where the Grays lived
- 1
156 East 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs C Gray, widow of P 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Shediac at 146. The block, door by door
- 2
1150 East 18th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C Gray, an assistant engineer at the Royal Bank Building 1940
Next door in 1940: A Williams at 1146 and L Westcott at 1160. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an assistant engineer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 Mrs C Gray at 156 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath Gray there as the householder, widow of P. In 1940 the directory lists C Gray at 1150 East 18th 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 Clif Gray there as the householder, an assistant engineer at the Royal Bank Building.
Today
156 East 18th and 1150 East 18th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gray Mrs C156 East 18th, p. 226
- Gray Cath wid P156 East 18th, p. 237
- *Gray C1150 East 18th, p. 226
- Gray Clif asst eng Royal Bk Bldg1150 East 18th, p. 237
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.