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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goldfinches

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Goldfinch 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 Goldfinches 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

    3679 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H A Goldfinch 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Fawcett at 3667. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2211 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C A Goldfinch, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Good at 2205 and H Alberts at 2217. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1556 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Goldfinch, proprietor of Adalore Lodge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilson at 1540 and Maritime Garage at 1560. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 A Goldfinch at 3679 Dunbar Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). C A Goldfinch is listed at 2211 Napier Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles A Goldfinch there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

Mrs A Goldfinch is listed at 1556 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ada Goldfinch there as the householder, proprietor of Adalore Lodge.

Today

3679 Dunbar and 1556 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2211 Napier (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street
About 1918 A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street. Not at the house at 2211 Napier: no archive photo of the 2200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 1548. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the Goldfinches

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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.