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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Grays

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Gray at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    635 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Gray, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chapman E Ltd at 633 and Tip Top Tailors at 637. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Edith Gray 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1336 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Gray 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cecil Cafe at 1326 and Independent Motors at 1344. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3022 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • T D Gray, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: Moncur Mlnry at 3016 and J F Lobb at 3026. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a chauffeur and a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and Fairview. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Gray at 635 Granville Street, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Edith Gray at 1060 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Gray at 1336 Granville Street.

T D Gray is listed at 3022 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas D Gray there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

1060 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3022 Granville (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 635 Granville and 1336 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 3022 Granville: no archive photo of the 3000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Grays

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.