A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 1st 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
2295 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- T Gray, a meat cutter at Safeway 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs W A Kuypers at 2291. The block, door by door
- 2
2850 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs L C Gray, a nursing home 1940
Next door in 1940: E L Bakony at 2840. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a meat cutter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
In 1940 the directory lists T Gray at 2295 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Gray there as the householder, a meat cutter at Safeway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L C Gray, a nursing home, at 2850 West 1st Avenue.
Today
2295 West 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2850 West 1st (1981) 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 T2295 West 1st, p. 173
- Gray Thos meat ctr Safeway2295 West 1st, p. 237
- Gray Mrs L C nursing home2850 West 1st, p. 174
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.