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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gatrells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Gatrell at three 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 Gatrells 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

    3525 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H P Gatrell, an accountant at Hoffar's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Holman at 3519 and H C Spring at 3533. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3543 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G P Gatrell, a mechanic at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works 1940
    • Enid P Gatrell, a public stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Tomlinson at 3533 and J F Ross at 3549. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    744 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss E P Gatrell, a public stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tiny's Coffee Shop at 740. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a mechanic and a public stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Downtown. 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 H P Gatrell at 3525 West 21st 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 Harry P Gatrell there as the householder, an accountant at Hoffar's Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists G P Gatrell at 3543 West 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Granville P Gatrell there as the householder, a mechanic at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works, with Enid P Gatrell, a public stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss E P Gatrell, a public stenographer, at 744 West Hastings Street.

Today

3525 West 21st, 3543 West 24th and 744 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.