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The Griswolds

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Griswold at five addresses in 1940 in Grandview-Woodland. 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 Griswolds lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1794 Frances Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Griswold, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Carbone at 1786. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1308 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Griswold, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Entwisle at 1316. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2141 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A E Griswold, an assistant shipper at Hazlewood Creamery 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Littleboy at 2129 and Mrs M Citterelle at 2145. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2035 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D A Griswold, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Robson at 2033 and R Stirrat at 2041. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2118 Wall Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Peggy Griswold 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an assistant shipper, a laborer, an on active service and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (5). 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 Griswold at 1794 Frances Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Griswold there as the householder, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists C Griswold at 1308 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Chris Griswold there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists A E Griswold at 2141 Napier Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E Griswold there as the householder, an assistant shipper at Hazlewood Creamery. In 1940 the directory lists D A Griswold at 2035 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Dwight A Griswold there as the householder, on active service.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Peggy Griswold at 2118 Wall Street.

Today

1794 Frances and 2141 Napier still have their buildings from before 1946, 2141 Napier on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1308 Grant, 2035 Victoria Drive and 2118 Wall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Griswolds

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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.