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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Graydons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Graydon at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Graydons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5634 Argyle Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S Graydon, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing 1940
    • Dorothy Graydon 1940
  2. 2

    6727 Culloden Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W R Graydon, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A McEwen at 6753. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1251 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Graydon, a pressman at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Youden at 1245 and H C Brazier at 1259. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    341 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Graydon 1940
    • Eileen M Graydon, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Smith at 335 and Miss A L Bruce at 349. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an employee, a jam maker, a laborer and a pressman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 S Graydon at 5634 Argyle Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam Graydon there as the householder, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing, with Dorothy Graydon. In 1940 the directory lists W R Graydon at 6727 Culloden Street; 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 W Robert Graydon there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists T Graydon at 1251 East 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Graydon there as the householder, a pressman at the Sun. In 1940 the directory lists J Graydon at 341 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Graydon there as the householder, with Eileen M Graydon, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

341 East 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6727 Culloden (1967) and 1251 East 12th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5634 Argyle, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Graydons

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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.