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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Grundys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Grundy at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Grundys 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

    741 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs V Grundy 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Johnson at 721 and C A Hesse at 743. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1749 Collingwood Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Grundy, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Granger at 1735. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    534 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs S Grundy, widow of H 1940
    • Freda J Grundy, a comptroller operator at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Moore at 530 and johnson apts at 536. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2459 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Beatrice M Grundy, a stenographer at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs T Branca at 2461. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1396 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Grundy, of McDonald & Grundy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A C Kirk at 1386. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2769 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Grundy, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Moryson at 2755. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    131 West King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Grundy, a deputy chief of police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Magnuson at 121 and H T Clarke at 149. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a comptroller operator, a deputy chief of police officer, a salesman, a stenographer and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise 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 Mrs V Grundy at 741 Cambie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Violet Grundy there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W R Grundy at 1749 Collingwood Street. The 1940 name section lists William R Grundy there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Grundy at 534 Drake Street. The 1940 name section lists Stella Grundy there as the householder, widow of H, with Freda J Grundy, a comptroller operator at Macdonalds Consolidated. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice M Grundy at 2459 Oxford Street, a stenographer at the Royal Bank.

W Grundy is listed at 1396 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Grundy there as the householder, of McDonald & Grundy. W Grundy is listed at 2769 West 1st 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 William Grundy there as the householder, a salesman.

A Grundy is listed at 131 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Grundy there as the householder, a deputy chief of police officer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1749 Collingwood, 1396 West 11th and 131 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 2769 West 1st (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 741 Cambie, 534 Drake and 2459 Oxford, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.