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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gaskells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Gaskell at five 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 Gaskells 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

    2086 East 43rd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Gaskell, a watchman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Davies at 2076 and M H Kidd at 2096. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    885 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W J Gaskell, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Goertz at 865 and H E Iverson at 895. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    316 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G Gaskell, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hutchings at 322. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    317 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Henry Gaskell, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Gibbs at 313 and J W Bruce at 323. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4995 Spencer Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • William Gaskell, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Pringle at 4981. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a carpenter, a decorator, a laborer, a painter and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Renfrew-Collingwood, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Gaskell at 2086 East 43rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Gaskell there as the householder, a watchman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists W J Gaskell at 885 East 57th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Gaskell there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists G Gaskell at 316 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Gaskell there as the householder, a decorator. The 1940 name section lists Henry Gaskell at 317 East 8th Avenue, a painter. The 1940 name section lists William Gaskell at 4995 Spencer Street, a laborer.

Today

316 East 8th and 4995 Spencer still have their buildings from before 1946; 2086 East 43rd (1973), 885 East 57th (1963) and 317 East 8th (1969) 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

The book of the Gaskells

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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.