A family name on Point Grey Road, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Gardners
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Gardner at two addresses in 1940, all on Point Grey Road, with the close spellings Gardiner and Gardener. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gardners at 2456 Point Grey Road in 1940. 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
2456 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- W W Gardiner, a druggist at Red Star Drug Store 1940
- Claudia M Gardiner, a stenographer at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Herman H Gardiner, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Fullerton at 2446 and Mrs F Witts at 2464. The block, door by door
- 2
3536 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- R Gardner, a male nurse 1940
- H Ira Gardner, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: bayview apts at 3528 and marine apts at 3542. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk, a druggist, a male nurse, a mechanic and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 W Gardiner at 2456 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William W Gardiner there as the householder, a druggist at Red Star Drug Store, with Claudia M Gardiner, a stenographer at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Herman H Gardiner, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists R Gardner at 3536 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Robert Gardner there as the householder, a male nurse, with H Ira Gardner, a mechanic.
Today
2456 Point Grey Road and 3536 Point Grey Road still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gardiner W W2456 Point Grey Road, p. 133
- Gardiner Claudia M sten Van Genl Hosp2456 Point Grey Road, p. 216
- Gardiner Herman H clk Mc Mc & Prior2456 Point Grey Road, p. 216
- Gardiner Wm W druggist Red Star Drug Store2456 Point Grey Road, p. 216
- Gardner R3536 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Gardner H Ira mech3536 Point Grey Road, p. 216
- Gardner Robt male nurse3536 Point Grey Road, 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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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.