A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gavets
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gavet at two addresses in 1940 in Sunset. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Gavets lived
- 1
3 East 47th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Mrs E J Gavet, widow of D 1940
- Leslie J Gavet, a driver at B & K Economy Cash Stores 1940
Next door in 1940: F D Gibson at 11. The block, door by door
- 2
48 East 50th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- M M Gavet, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart 1940
Next door in 1940: J A McIvor at 34 and A W Jordan at 56. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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 Mrs E J Gavet at 3 East 47th 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 Emily J Gavet there as the householder, widow of D, with Leslie J Gavet, a driver at B & K Economy Cash Stores. In 1940 the directory lists M M Gavet at 48 East 50th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Martyn M Gavet there as the householder, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart.
Today
48 East 50th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3 East 47th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gavet Mrs E J3 East 47th, p. 263
- Gavet Emily J wid D3 East 47th, p. 218
- Gavet Leslie J drvr B & K Economy Cash Stores3 East 47th, p. 218
- Gavet M M48 East 50th, p. 265
- Gavet Martyn M whsmn Slade & Stewart48 East 50th, p. 218
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gavets
Every directory, as one book
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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.