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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grisdales

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Grisdale at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Grisdales 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

    905 Chilco Street

    West End, 1940

    • E R Grisdale, a manager at C C Cross & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: park lane at 975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1130 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A M Grisdale, widow of J W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stewart at 1128 and W Thorpe at 1134. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    362 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E L Grisdale 1940
    • Eric I Grisdale, a carpenter at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: T B Fletcher at 352 and F E Harrison at 376. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a carpenter and a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) 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 E R Grisdale at 905 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edwin R Grisdale there as the householder, a manager at C C Cross & Co. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Grisdale at 1130 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Grisdale there as the householder, widow of J W.

In 1940 the directory lists E L Grisdale at 362 West 23rd 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 Eric I Grisdale there as the householder, a carpenter at the Sun.

Today

905 Chilco still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1130 Davie and 362 West 23rd, 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

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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.