A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Greens
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Green at two addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street, with the close spelling Gren. 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 Greens at 2311 Parker in 1940. 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
- 1
2246 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- C H G Green, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: O R Robinson at 2240 and W Armstrong at 2248. The block, door by door
- 2
2311 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J A Green, a fireman at Canada Packers 1940
- Alexandria Green, widow of J W 1940
- James F Green, a delivery 1940
Next door in 1940: R E McIlroy at 2305 and R Rennie at 2331. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a delivery, a fireman and a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 C H G Green at 2246 Parker 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Calvin H G Green there as the householder, a seaman. In 1940 the directory lists J A Green at 2311 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Green there as the householder, a fireman at Canada Packers, with Alexandria Green, widow of J W, and James F Green, a delivery.
Today
2311 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2246 Parker (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Green C H G2246 Parker, p. 126
- Green Calvin H G seamn2246 Parker, p. 238
- *Green J A2311 Parker, p. 126
- Green Alexandria wid J W2311 Parker, p. 238
- Green Jas F del2311 Parker, p. 239
- Green John A firmn Canada Pkrs2311 Parker, p. 239
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Greens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Green 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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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.