A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gelmons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gelmon at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Gelmons lived
- 1
3904 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W J Gelmon, a salesman at National Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Bilodeau at 3908. The block, door by door
- 2
3406 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs C Gelmon, proprietor of Waterloo Dairy 1940
- Eleanor Gelmon, an assistant for J I Gorosh 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an assistant, a proprietor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 W J Gelmon at 3904 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Gelmon there as the householder, a salesman at National Furniture. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Gelmon at 3406 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Clara Gelmon there as the householder, proprietor of Waterloo Dairy, with Eleanor Gelmon, an assistant for J I Gorosh.
Today
3904 West 32nd (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3406 West Broadway, 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.
- Gelmon W J3904 West 32nd, p. 248
- Gelmon Wm J slsmn Natl Furn3904 West 32nd, p. 219
- Gelmon Mrs C3406 West Broadway, p. 19
- Gelmon Mrs Clara prop Waterloo Dairy3406 West Broadway, p. 219
- Gelmon Eleanor asst J I Gorosh3406 West Broadway, p. 219
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gelmons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gelmon name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.