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A family name on McHardy Street, Renfrew-Collingwood

The Griffithses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Griffiths at three addresses in 1940, all on McHardy Street. 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

  1. 1

    5320 McHardy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C W Griffiths, a plumber at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Griffiths at 5326. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5326 McHardy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A H Griffiths, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Griffiths at 5320 and I N Hazlewood at 5338. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5366 McHardy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W C Griffiths, a fire warden at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Petty at 5344 and R S Heaney at 5372. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a fire warden and a plumber. Three of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3). 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 W Griffiths at 5320 McHardy 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 Charles W Griffiths there as the householder, a plumber at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists A H Griffiths at 5326 McHardy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H Griffiths there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Griffiths at 5366 McHardy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter C Griffiths there as the householder, a fire warden at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

5320 McHardy and 5326 McHardy still have their buildings from before 1946; 5366 McHardy (2014) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Griffithses

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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.