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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Griffithses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Griffiths at four addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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

    1676 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Dorothy Griffiths, a saleswoman at Millar & Coe 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cristall at 1666 and J McKenna at 1686. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2956 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Griffiths, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Briggs at 2946 and G S Johnston at 2966. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3778 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • B Griffiths, an instructor at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Sheppard at 3770. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4213 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D T Griffiths, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A F Leese at 4203 and A H Parkinson at 4215. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a conductor, an instructor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Fairview 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dorothy Griffiths at 1676 West 13th Avenue, a saleswoman at Millar & Coe. F Griffiths is listed at 2956 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Griffiths there, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

B Griffiths is listed at 3778 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Braham Griffiths there as the householder, an instructor at UBC. D T Griffiths is listed at 4213 West 13th Avenue in 1940; 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 David T Griffiths there as the householder, retired.

Today

2956 West 13th, 3778 West 13th and 4213 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1676 West 13th, so that building is 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.