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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grimshaws

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Grimshaw at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Grimshaws 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

    825 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W H Grimshaw, a salesman at Bissinger & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Brown at 815 and F Nelson at 829. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1989 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss A Grimshaw, a labeller at the Pacific Mills 1940
    • Alfred Grimshaw, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Johnson at 1943. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1636 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • John Grimshaw, a service man at Bayview Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E R Belknap at 1630 and E A Dickie at 1646. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6088 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Vera Grimshaw, a maid for H G McLeod 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Y McCarter at 6062. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a labeller, a maid, a millworker, a salesman and a service man.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 H Grimshaw at 825 East 11th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Grimshaw there as the householder, a salesman at Bissinger & Co. The 1940 name section lists Miss A Grimshaw at 1989 East 4th Avenue, a labeller at the Pacific Mills, with Alfred Grimshaw, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists John Grimshaw at 1636 Haro Street, a service man at Bayview Garage.

The 1940 name section lists Vera Grimshaw at 6088 Marguerite Street, a maid for H G McLeod.

Today

6088 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1636 Haro (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 825 East 11th and 1989 East 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Grimshaws

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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.