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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goldsbys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Goldsby at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Goldsbys at 3323 Parker in 1940.

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Where the Goldsbys 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

    2459 East 41st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H J Goldsby, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G G Mowatt Jr at 2447 and Mrs A B C Robinson at 2471. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3323 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E C Goldsby, a laborer 1940
    • Gladys A M Goldsby 1940
    • Lawrence E Goldsby 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Grice at 3329. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2778 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A E Goldsby, a plumber 1940
    • William A Goldsby, a sheet sash worker at Western Steel Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Atkins at 2760 and B A Nicolich at 2786. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3344 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Goldsby, a tile setter 1940
    • William Goldsby, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Hodgins at 3332 and H F Scott at 3350. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a laborer (2), a plumber, a sheet sash worker and a tile setter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) 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 H J Goldsby at 2459 East 41st 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 Harold J Goldsby there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists E C Goldsby at 3323 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest C Goldsby there as the householder, a laborer, with Gladys A M Goldsby and Lawrence E Goldsby.

In 1940 the directory lists A E Goldsby at 2778 Triumph Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Goldsby there as the householder, a plumber, with William A Goldsby, a sheet sash worker at Western Steel Products. In 1940 the directory lists A Goldsby at 3344 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Goldsby there as the householder, a tile setter, with William Goldsby, retired.

Today

2778 Triumph still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 2459 East 41st (2007) and 3323 Parker (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3344 Venables, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 3323 Parker: no archive photo of the 3300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.