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The Grimmetts

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Grimmett at eleven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Grimmetts 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

    3537 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs Alice H Grimmett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S B Carswell at 3589. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1167 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • N T Grimmett, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J E Munro at 1165 and A C Gunn at 1171. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    35 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D W Grimmett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J McBeath at 15 and T Francis at 75. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    147 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W T Grimmett, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Bohonosiuk at 139 and A H Whipple at 155. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    549 East 52nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Jack A Grimmett, a school vice-principal at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Grunert at 531 and A Prout at 559. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    311 East 64th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs E Grimmett, widow of J F 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Guiver at 333. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3354 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R Grimmett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Westview Conf at 3344 and G Marchant at 3364. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    7668 Main Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • P O Grimmett 1940
    • Grimmett 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Neufeld at 7630. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3830 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J A Grimmett, of Beck & Grimmett 1940
    • Margaret L Grimmett, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: N W Burdett at 3820 and Miss B J O'Brien at 3840. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3677 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs D D Grimmett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M McQuarrie at 3663 and C Portsmouth at 3691. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    2071 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Nain B Grimmett, a school nurse at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Wright at 2063. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the 13: a clerk, a conductor, a school nurse and a school vice-principal. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Sunset (3), Shaughnessy (2), Dunbar-Southlands, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs Alice H Grimmett at 3537 Angus Drive. N T Grimmett is listed at 1167 Beach Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman T Grimmett there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.

D W Grimmett is listed at 35 East 18th 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 Daniel W Grimmett there as the householder, retired. W T Grimmett is listed at 147 East 24th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wendell T Grimmett there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Jack A Grimmett at 549 East 52nd Avenue, a school vice-principal at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Grimmett at 311 East 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Grimmett there as the householder, widow of J F. In 1940 the directory lists R Grimmett at 3354 Main Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

P O Grimmett is listed at 7668 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Grimmett there. J A Grimmett is listed at 3830 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Grimmett there as the householder, of Beck & Grimmett, with Margaret L Grimmett, a student.

Mrs D D Grimmett is listed at 3677 West 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Dorothy D Grimmett there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Nain B Grimmett at 2071 West 36th Avenue, a school nurse at the City of Vancouver.

Today

35 East 18th, 147 East 24th and 7668 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 549 East 52nd (1978), 311 East 64th (1977), 3830 West 12th (2012), 3677 West 20th (1991) and 2071 West 36th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3537 Angus Drive, 1167 Beach and 3354 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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 Grimmetts

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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.