A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Grisenthwaites
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Grisenthwaite 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 Grisenthwaites lived
- 1
313 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Janet Grisenthwaite, a maid for H Gibbs 1940
Next door in 1940: A Calder at 303 and Mrs S L Mole at 317. The block, door by door
- 2
3250 Kitchener Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W Grisenthwaite, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Morris at 3236 and H E Wragg at 3280. The block, door by door
- 3
3986 West 30th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W Grisenthwaite, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Dill at 3978 and J H McNamara at 3994. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer, a maid and a master mariner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Janet Grisenthwaite at 313 East 8th Avenue, a maid for H Gibbs. W Grisenthwaite is listed at 3250 Kitchener Street 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 Walter Grisenthwaite there as the householder, an engineer.
W Grisenthwaite is listed at 3986 West 30th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Grisenthwaite there as the householder, a master mariner.
Today
3986 West 30th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 313 East 8th and 3250 Kitchener, so those buildings are 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.
- Grisenthwaite Janet maid H Gibbs313 East 8th, p. 243
- *Grisenthwaite W3250 Kitchener, p. 100
- Grisenthwaite Walter eng3250 Kitchener, p. 243
- Grisenthwaite W3986 West 30th, p. 246
- Grisenthwaite Wm mstr mrnr3986 West 30th, p. 243
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Grisenthwaites
Every directory, as one book
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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.