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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gammies

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Gammie 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 Gammies 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

    3535 Clark Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs J B Gammie, widow of A 1940
    • Mary A P Gammie, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Wilson at 3529 and F H Munday at 3543. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    471 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Gammie, a steward 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Shafer at 465 and Mrs L McDonald at 473. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3569 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Gammie, a master mariner at Marpole Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Racine at 3565 and J McLellan at 3575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4008 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A M Gammie, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Gray at 4004 and D McCallum at 4024. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a master mariner, a salesman, a school teacher and a steward. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs J B Gammie at 3535 Clark Drive; 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 Janie B Gammie there as the householder, widow of A, with Mary A P Gammie, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists J Gammie at 471 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Gammie there as the householder, a steward, with John B Gammie.

In 1940 the directory lists J Gammie at 3569 West 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Gammie there as the householder, a master mariner at Marpole Towing. In 1940 the directory lists A M Gammie at 4008 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex M Gammie there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries.

Today

3535 Clark Drive, 3569 West 22nd and 4008 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 471 East 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive
About 1926 Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive. Taken where the 3500 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 3535 Clark Drive. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 96-1. Public domain.

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.