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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Greens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Green at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spelling Gren. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 110 other streets too, all listed on the Green name's own page.

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Where the Greens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    413 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H W Green, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ziegler's Chocolate Shops at 411 and Linforth's Ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2021 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Spot Green, who ran a restaurant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Clay Signs Ltd at 2019 and M L A Van Alken at 2025. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2425 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H R Green, a salesman at BC Leather 1940

    Next door in 1940: Keen's at 2421 and H G Finch at 2427. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a restaurant and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Downtown. 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 H W Green, a barrister, at 413 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Spot Green at 2021 Granville Street, who ran a restaurant. In 1940 the directory lists H R Green at 2425 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists H Ralph Green there as the householder, a salesman at BC Leather.

Today

The City no longer lists 413 Granville, 2021 Granville and 2425 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2425 Granville: no archive photo of the 2400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Greens

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.