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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Griers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Grier 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 Griers 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

    1346 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Grier, a police officer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McEwan at 1340 and J Wickens at 1356. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3387 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J A Grier, a card writer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R I Jarrett at 3373 and A Mills at 3395. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3018 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs H Grier 1940
    • Helen McG Grier, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A E Evans at 3012 and C S Mill at 3026. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    712 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Grier 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fukuhara at 714. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a card writer, a police officer and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kitsilano. 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 J H Grier at 1346 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James H Grier there as the householder, a police officer. In 1940 the directory lists J A Grier at 3387 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists James A Grier there as the householder, a card writer at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Grier at 3018 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hannah Grier there as the householder, with Helen McG Grier, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists J Grier at 712 Richards Street.

Today

1346 East 12th and 3018 Point Grey Road still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3387 Franklin, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 712 Richards, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3018 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Griers

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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.