A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Gardners
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Gardner at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spellings Gardiner and Gardener. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 59 other streets too, all listed on the Gardner name's own page.
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Where the Gardners lived
- 1
736 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- W F Gardiner, an architect 1940
Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door
- 2
1060 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ethel Gardiner, a waitress for Newest Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door
- 3
1261 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Florence Gardner 1940
Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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
In 1940 the directory lists W F Gardiner, an architect, at 736 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel Gardiner at 1060 Granville Street, a waitress for Newest Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Florence Gardner at 1261 Granville Street.
Today
736 Granville, 1060 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gardiner W F archt736 Granville, p. 65
- Gardiner Ethel waitress Newest Cafe1060 Granville, p. 216
- Gardner Florence1261 Granville, p. 216
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gardners
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gardner name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.