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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gleasons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Gleason at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Gleasons 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

    56 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles Gleason 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Shirt & Overall Mfg at 54 and Kloepfer Hdw Whol at 62. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3486 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W A Gleason, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Foster at 3476. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3990 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R D Gleason, a service chief at Burroughs Adding Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Guernsey at 3984 and A E Piercy at 3996. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a building contractor and a service chief.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Gleason at 56 East Cordova Street. W A Gleason, a building contractor, is listed at 3486 West 16th Avenue in 1940; 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 William A Gleason there as the householder, a building contractor.

R D Gleason is listed at 3990 West 23rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ralph D Gleason there as the householder, a service chief at Burroughs Adding Machinery.

Today

3990 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 3486 West 16th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 56 East Cordova, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.