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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Jamiesons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Jamieson at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spellings Jameson and Jamison. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Jamiesons at 5910 Granville in 1940. The directories print the name on 64 other streets too, all listed on the Jamieson name's own page.

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Where the Jamiesons 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

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Josephine Jamieson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3045 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • J B Jamieson, a delicatessen 1940
    • Mrs Olive Jamieson, proprietor of Jamieson's Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: V & F Health Bar at 3039 and Jamieson's Delctsn at 3047. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5910 Granville Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F T Jamieson, a vice-president at Peterson & Cowan 1940
    • Leslie F Jamieson, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Ralph B Jamieson 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Abbott at 5930. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a delicatessen, a manufacturers agent, a proprietor and a vice-president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Kerrisdale. 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 Mrs Josephine Jamieson at 1176 Granville Street. J B Jamieson is listed at 3045 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John B Jamieson there as the householder, a delicatessen, with Mrs Olive Jamieson, proprietor of Jamieson's Delicatessen.

F T Jamieson is listed at 5910 Granville 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 Fred T Jamieson there as the householder, a vice-president at Peterson & Cowan, with Leslie F Jamieson, a manufacturers agent, and Ralph B Jamieson.

Today

1176 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 3045 Granville (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5910 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 5910 Granville: no archive photo of the 5900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Jamiesons

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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.