A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant 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 Kingsway. 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
1055 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mary Gray, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Kaighin at 1045 and J W Sutcliffe at 1065. The block, door by door
- 2
1664 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Gray, a clerk at the Abbotsford Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Stark W G & Son at 1660 and P E Bennett at 1668. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 Mary Gray at 1055 Kingsway, widow of J. W Gray is listed at 1664 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Gray there as the householder, a clerk at the Abbotsford Hotel.
Today
1664 Kingsway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 1055 Kingsway (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gray Mary wid J1055 Kingsway, p. 237
- Gray W1664 Kingsway, p. 98
- Gray Wm clk Abbotsford Hotel1664 Kingsway, p. 237
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.