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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grices

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Grice at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Grices 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

    566 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • T Grice, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Clark at 558 and W J Waddell at 574. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    110 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Clara B Grice, widow of W A 1940
    • William E Grice, a driver for D Owens 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Mason at 106 and 6 listings at 124. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    461 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Grice, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Harry's Cleaners at 459 and G H Ross at 471. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3329 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J S Grice, a laborer 1940
    • Harold S Grice, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Goldsby at 3323 and M Masuda at 3333. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4957 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W E Grice, retired 1940
    • Waldemar R Grice, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Noble at 4945 and G W Silver at 4969. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a carpenter, a driver, an electrician, a fisherman and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Strathcona 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 T Grice at 566 East 47th 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 Thomas Grice there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Clara B Grice at 110 East 8th Avenue, widow of W A, with William E Grice, a driver for D Owens.

W Grice is listed at 461 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Grice there as the householder, retired. J S Grice is listed at 3329 Parker Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John S Grice there as the householder, a laborer, with Harold S Grice, a fisherman.

W E Grice is listed at 4957 Walden Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Waldemar E Grice there as the householder, retired, with Waldemar R Grice, an electrician.

Today

566 East 47th (1964), 3329 Parker (1980) and 4957 Walden (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 110 East 8th and 461 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 3329 Parker: no archive photo of the 3300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Grices

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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.