A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Grays
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Gray at two addresses in 1940, all on West 38th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Grays at 2736 West 38th in 1940. 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
2736 West 38th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J H Gray, a chief clerk at the Post Office 1940
- Edith M Gray, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Terence J Gray, a postman 1940
Next door in 1940: H S Abbott at 2726 and E A Lehman at 2746. The block, door by door
- 2
3264 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W E Gray 1940
- Gordon K Gray, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C S Hoole at 3256 and R Adair at 3270. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a chief clerk, a grain broker, a nurse and a postman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 J H Gray at 2736 West 38th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Gray there as the householder, a chief clerk at the Post Office, with Edith M Gray, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Terence J Gray, a postman. In 1940 the directory lists W E Gray at 3264 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William E Gray there as the householder, with Gordon K Gray, a student at UBC.
Today
3264 West 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 2736 West 38th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gray J H2736 West 38th, p. 255
- Gray Edith M nurse Van Genl Hosp2736 West 38th, p. 237
- Gray John H chf clk PO2736 West 38th, p. 237
- Gray Terence J postmn2736 West 38th, p. 237
- *Gray W E3264 West 38th, p. 255
- Gray Gordon K studt UBC3264 West 38th, p. 237
- Gray Wm E grain broker M1, 355 Burrard3264 West 38th, p. 237
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.