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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gatenbys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Gatenby 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 Gatenbys 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

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • T N Gatenby 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • T Norman Gatenby, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1721 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs G A Gatenby, widow of A R 1940
    • Lisle B Gatenby, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Rose at 1715 and S G Baker at 1765. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3494 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Gatenby, proprietor of the Ridgewell Lending Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: Paramount Shoe Repr at 3482 and Young Bros at 3496. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    521 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gordon L Gatenby, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Hadaway at 541. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a driver, a proprietor and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Grandview-Woodland. 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 T N Gatenby at 1065 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists T Norman Gatenby at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, a salesman, with Thomas Gatenby, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G A Gatenby at 1721 Cotton Drive; 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 Gertrude A Gatenby there as the householder, widow of A R, with Lisle B Gatenby, a student at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists H Gatenby at 3494 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists Harold Gatenby there as the householder, proprietor of the Ridgewell Lending Library. The 1940 name section lists Gordon L Gatenby at 521 Robson Street, a driver.

Today

1065 Bute, 1086 Bute and 1721 Cotton Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3494 Dunbar and 521 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.