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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Griggses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Griggs at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Griggses at 3538 West 24th in 1940.

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Where the Griggses 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

    1325 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W A Griggs, a salesman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Mulcahy at 1335. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3538 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Griggs, a bricklayer 1940
    • Dora Griggs, a stenographer 1940
    • John Griggs, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Kaye at 3534 and J W Taylor at 3544. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2906 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R A Griggs, a bricklayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Y Sturrock at 2908. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a bricklayer (2), a driver, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, 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

In 1940 the directory lists W A Griggs at 1325 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Griggs there as the householder, a salesman at M-W Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists G Griggs at 3538 West 24th 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 Grimsey Griggs there as the householder, a bricklayer, with Dora Griggs, a stenographer, and John Griggs, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists R A Griggs at 2906 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Richard A Griggs there as the householder, a bricklayer.

Today

1325 West 10th and 3538 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2906 West 4th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.