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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gammers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Gammer at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Gammers at 5253 Sherbrooke in 1940.

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Where the Gammers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1366 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Gammer, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kent at 1358 and F T Bennett at 1378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1384 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Gammer, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Ping at 1382 and City Pt Conf at 1386. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8616 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • V G Gammer, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: rose bern apts at 8606 and J P Davidson at 8636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5253 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Gammer, a seaman at Coastwise S S & Barge 1940
    • Cath A Gammer, a saleswoman at Gammer's Grocery 1940
    • John D Gammer, a delivery at Gammer's Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: P T Morrison at 5261. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a grocer (2), a delivery, a saleswoman and a seaman. Two of them worked for Gammer's Grocery.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Marpole. 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 Gammer at 1366 East 26th Avenue; 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 Charles Gammer there as the householder, a grocer. In 1940 the directory lists C Gammer, a grocer, at 1384 Kingsway.

V G Gammer is listed at 8616 Oak Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Victor Gammer there as the householder, a grocer. A Gammer is listed at 5253 Sherbrooke Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Abraham Gammer there as the householder, retired, with Arthur Gammer, a seaman at Coastwise S S & Barge, Cath A Gammer, a saleswoman at Gammer's Grocery, and John D Gammer, a delivery at Gammer's Grocery.

Today

8616 Oak (1978) and 5253 Sherbrooke (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1366 East 26th and 1384 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.