A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gains
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Gain at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Gains lived
- 1
3275 East Broadway
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C S Gain, who worked for Restmore 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Lockwood at 3267 and Mrs S Jordan at 3281. The block, door by door
- 2
1650 East Hastings Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Joseph Gain 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scott at 1648 and H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door
- 3
1547 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Westley J Gain, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: Atlas Sht Mtl Wks at 1545 and B C Shut-Ins Soc at 1549. The block, door by door
- 4
5253 Taunton Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W H Gain, a janitor at Foresters' Hall 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Cosstick at 5245 and Mrs E Knudson at 5273. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an employee, a janitor and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 C S Gain at 3275 East Broadway; 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 Clarence S Gain there as the householder, who worked for Restmore. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Gain at 1650 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Westley J Gain at 1547 Powell Street, a painter.
In 1940 the directory lists W H Gain at 5253 Taunton Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Gain there as the householder, a janitor at Foresters' Hall.
Today
5253 Taunton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3275 East Broadway, 1650 East Hastings and 1547 Powell, so those buildings are 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.
- *Gain C S3275 East Broadway, p. 16
- Gain Clarence S emp Restmore3275 East Broadway, p. 214
- Gain Jos1650 East Hastings, p. 214
- Gain Westley J pntr1547 Powell, p. 214
- *Gain W H5253 Taunton, p. 154
- Gain Wm H jntr Foresters' Hall5253 Taunton, p. 214
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gains
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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.