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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gashes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Gash at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Gashes 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

    376 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Gash, an egg candler at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Lindberg at 370. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    520 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F Gash, a craneman at Anderson Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: B A MacKinnon at 512 and W T Lamb at 580. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6994 Prince Edward Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Gash, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
  4. 4

    6583 Sherbrooke Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Gash, a winder at the CN Institute 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hutton at 6571. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a craneman, an egg candler, a motorman and a winder.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3) and Riley Park. 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 E Gash at 376 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ernest Gash there as the householder, an egg candler at Burns & Co. In 1940 the directory lists F Gash at 520 East 55th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fred Gash there as the householder, a craneman at Anderson Bros.

In 1940 the directory lists J Gash at 6994 Prince Edward Street; 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 James Gash there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J Gash at 6583 Sherbrooke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Gash there as the householder, a winder at the CN Institute.

Today

376 East 24th and 520 East 55th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6994 Prince Edward (1974) and 6583 Sherbrooke (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.