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A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Griffithses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Griffiths at three addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue. 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 61 other streets too, all listed on the Griffiths name's own page.

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Where the Griffithses 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

    1266 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W R Griffiths, a musician 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Alexander at 1258 and R V Nash at 1268. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1440 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Griffiths 1940
    • John M Griffiths 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Harrowell at 1420 and B C McMillan at 1444. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3173 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • T J Griffiths, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Middleton at 3125 and M C Bortoletto at 3177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a helper and a musician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W R Griffiths at 1266 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William R Griffiths there as the householder, a musician. In 1940 the directory lists E J Griffiths at 1440 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edgar J Griffiths there as the householder, with John M Griffiths.

In 1940 the directory lists T J Griffiths at 3173 East 22nd 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 Thomas J Griffiths there as the householder, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber.

Today

3173 East 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1266 East 22nd and 1440 East 22nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.