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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goldneys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Goldney at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Goldneys 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

    8643 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C E Goldney, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Bell at 8631 and K Davis at 8655. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2759 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H Goldney, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Taylor at 2753 and A O Madill at 2783. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2704 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J A Goldney, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pearson at 2708. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1723 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Herbert Goldney, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Winship at 1733. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter (2) and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Marpole and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 C E Goldney at 8643 Cartier 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). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Goldney there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists H Goldney at 2759 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Goldney there as the householder, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Goldney at 2704 Graveley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Goldney there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Goldney at 1723 Napier Street, retired.

Today

2704 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 1723 Napier (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8643 Cartier and 2759 East 45th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 8643 Cartier: no archive photo of the 8600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.