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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gage-Coles

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Gage-Cole at three addresses in 1940 in Riley Park. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Gage-Coles at 245 East 20th in 1940.

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Where the Gage-Coles 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

    642 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Thomas W Gage-Cole, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Scott at 634. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    245 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M L Gage-Cole, widow of W 1940
    • May O Gage-Cole, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Ron R Gage-Cole 1940
    • Thomas S Gage-Cole, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Fouts at 243 and D Sutherland at 255. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    352 East 34th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Harry C Gage-Cole, a mechanic at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J U Allan at 340 and Mrs C Cooper at 360. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a mechanic, an on active service and an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3). 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 Thomas W Gage-Cole at 642 East 17th Avenue, on active service. Mrs M L Gage-Cole is listed at 245 East 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists May L Gage-Cole there as the householder, widow of W, with May O Gage-Cole, an operator at the BC Telephone, Ron R Gage-Cole, and Thomas S Gage-Cole, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Gage-Cole at 352 East 34th Avenue, a mechanic at Begg Motor.

Today

352 East 34th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 642 East 17th (1986) and 245 East 20th (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Gage-Coles

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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.