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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gonzaleses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Gonzales 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 Gonzaleses 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

    425 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M Gonzales, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Macaulay Nicolls Maitland & Co Ltd at 435. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1245 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • M Gonzales 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1232 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M Gonzales, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Mettlo at 1224 and S Negoro at 1254. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3258 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs N E Gonzales, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H V Yates at 3254 and M R Jordan at 3268. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Strathcona and West End. 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 M Gonzales, a barrister, at 425 Howe Street. M Gonzales is listed at 1245 Nelson Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists M Gonzales at 1232 Powell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marcelo Gonzales there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N E Gonzales at 3258 West 20th 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 lists Mrs Nina E Gonzales there as the householder, a stenographer at the BC Government.

Today

3258 West 20th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 425 Howe, 1245 Nelson and 1232 Powell, so those buildings are 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.
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.