A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Gardners
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Gardner at two addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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 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
873 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- J R Gardner, a caulker at N Vancouver Ship Repairs 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Walters at 865 and R Cross at 875. The block, door by door
- 2
1616 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs M Gardner, widow of N H 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Hunter at 1602 and W Ralph at 1626. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a caulker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 J R Gardner at 873 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James R Gardner there as the householder, a caulker at N Vancouver Ship Repairs. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Gardner at 1616 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Martha Gardner there as the householder, widow of N H.
Today
1616 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 873 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gardner J R873 West Broadway, p. 17
- Gardner Jas R caulker N Van Ship Reprs873 West Broadway, p. 216
- Gardner Mrs M1616 West Broadway, p. 18
- Gardner Martha wid N H1616 West Broadway, 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.