A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Grayshons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Grayshon at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Grayshons lived
- 1
3411 Oak Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G A Grayshon, a mechanic at Clarkson's 1940
Next door in 1940: madeleine court at 3463. The block, door by door
- 2
216 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J R Grayshon, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Wheeler at 206 and D Anderson at 224. The block, door by door
- 3
444 West 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J R Grayshon, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: J Stafford at 432 and C Cundy at 464. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a blacksmith and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 G A Grayshon at 3411 Oak Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon A Grayshon there as the householder, a mechanic at Clarkson's. In 1940 the directory lists J R Grayshon at 216 West 13th 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 lists John R Grayshon there as the householder, a blacksmith.
In 1940 the directory lists J R Grayshon, a blacksmith, at 444 West 8th Avenue.
Today
3411 Oak and 216 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 444 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Grayshon G A3411 Oak, p. 121
- Grayshon Gordon A mech Clarkson's3411 Oak, p. 238
- *Grayshon J R216 West 13th, p. 211
- Grayshon John R blksmth rr 444 W 8216 West 13th, p. 238
- Grayshon J R blksmth444 West 8th, p. 194
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Grayshons
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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.