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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grimmers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Grimmer 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.

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Where the Grimmers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4543 Harriet Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S O Grimmer, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McRurie at 4535 and C B Bell at 4551. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2135 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Roy E Grimmer, a driver at Burke & Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Morgan at 2125 and J J Sullivan at 2145. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    185 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J R Grimmer, a bookkeeper at BC Distil 1940

    Next door in 1940: N F Clarke at 179 and B S Chung at 191. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver (2) and a bookkeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 S O Grimmer at 4543 Harriet Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Stan O Grimmer there as the householder, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Roy E Grimmer at 2135 West 10th Avenue, a driver at Burke & Wood.

J R Grimmer is listed at 185 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John R Grimmer there as the householder, a bookkeeper at BC Distil.

Today

4543 Harriet and 185 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2135 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Grimmers

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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.