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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Garrards

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Garrard at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Garrards 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

    2708 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Enid Garrard, a clerk at Nelson's Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Lowe at 2718. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1310 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie E Garrard, widow of H J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dent J M & Sons at 1300 and Mrs B Bethune at 1332. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4498 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A E Garrard, a helper at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E McCabe at 4496. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2725 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A C Garrard, a carpenter 1940
    • Jennie M Garrard, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Sutton at 2727. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a clerk, a helper and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, West End and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Enid Garrard at 2708 Alberta Street, a clerk at Nelson's Laundries. The 1940 name section lists Annie E Garrard at 1310 Robson Street, widow of H J. In 1940 the directory lists A E Garrard at 4498 West 14th 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 lists Albert E Garrard there as the householder, a helper at the Vancouver Parks Board.

In 1940 the directory lists A C Garrard at 2725 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur C Garrard there as the householder, a carpenter, with Jennie M Garrard, a nurse.

Today

2708 Alberta, 4498 West 14th and 2725 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2708 Alberta and 2725 West 6th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1310 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.