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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goltzes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Goltz at three 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.

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Where the Goltzes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    650 East 56th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R Goltz, a helper at Fraser Bridge Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Bays at 642 and J Bonin at 658. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    287 East 63rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R Goltz, a metal worker at Freeman & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Kilgour at 279. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    206 Main Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Goltz 1940

    Next door in 1940: Takahara Co at 202 and B C Hardware at 208. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a metal worker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Downtown. 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 R Goltz at 650 East 56th 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 Richard Goltz there as the householder, a helper at Fraser Bridge Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists R Goltz at 287 East 63rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Goltz there as the householder, a metal worker at Freeman & Son.

The 1940 name section lists John Goltz at 206 Main Street.

Today

650 East 56th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 287 East 63rd and 206 Main, so those buildings are 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, 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.