A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Goakeses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Goakes 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 Goakeses lived
- 1
310 East 2nd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Goakes, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: H Birch at 302 and H Laughton at 314. The block, door by door
- 2
3470 Turner Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F Goakes, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Ivy M Goakes 1940
Next door in 1940: J Holcroft at 3460 and A H Cook at 3476. The block, door by door
- 3
1225 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Dorothy Goakes, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Kennedy at 1215 and 6 listings at 1235. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a conductor (2) and a nurse. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Goakes at 310 East 2nd 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 John Goakes there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists F Goakes at 3470 Turner Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred Goakes there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Ivy M Goakes.
The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Goakes at 1225 West 11th Avenue, a nurse.
Today
3470 Turner still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1225 West 11th (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 310 East 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Goakes J310 East 2nd, p. 175
- Goakes John cond BCER310 East 2nd, p. 227
- *Goakes F3470 Turner, p. 159
- Goakes Fred cond BCER3470 Turner, p. 227
- Goakes Ivy M3470 Turner, p. 227
- Goakes Dorothy nurse1225 West 11th, p. 227
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.