A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gaerdeses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Gaerdes at two addresses in 1940 in Grandview-Woodland. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Gaerdeses lived
- 1
1448 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J H Gaerdes, an engineer 1940
- Cath Gaerdes, widow of J H 1940
Next door in 1940: G Bell at 1442 and Mrs J Atkinson at 1456. The block, door by door
- 2
1739 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- T Gaerdes, a manager at the Grandview Sheet Metal Works 1940
- Doreen R Gaerdes, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth 1940
Next door in 1940: L H Barrett at 1755. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an engineer, a manager and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 J H Gaerdes at 1448 Graveley Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Gaerdes there as the householder, an engineer, with Cath Gaerdes, widow of J H. In 1940 the directory lists T Gaerdes at 1739 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Theo Gaerdes there as the householder, a manager at the Grandview Sheet Metal Works, with Doreen R Gaerdes, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth.
Today
1739 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1448 Graveley, so that building is 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.
- *Gaerdes J H1448 Graveley, p. 69
- Gaerdes Cath wid J H1448 Graveley, p. 213
- Gaerdes John H eng1448 Graveley, p. 213
- *Gaerdes T1739 Venables, p. 160
- Gaerdes Doreen R sten Woodworth & Woodworth1739 Venables, p. 213
- Gaerdes Theo mgr Grandv Sht Mtl Wks1739 Venables, p. 213
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.