A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Goodburns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Goodburn at two addresses in 1940 in Sunset. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Goodburns lived
- 1
412 East 48th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- H Goodburn, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W McMillan at 406 and W J Knight at 424. The block, door by door
- 2
72 East 57th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J L Goodburn, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- I Muriel Goodburn, a dressmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A M G Buckley at 58. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, a dressmaker and a motorman. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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 Goodburn at 412 East 48th 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 Goodburn there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J L Goodburn at 72 East 57th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph L Goodburn there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with I Muriel Goodburn, a dressmaker.
Today
412 East 48th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 72 East 57th (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Goodburn H412 East 48th, p. 264
- Goodburn Harold cond BCER412 East 48th, p. 228
- *Goodburn J L72 East 57th, p. 268
- Goodburn I Muriel drsmkr72 East 57th, p. 228
- Goodburn Jos L mtrmn BCER72 East 57th, p. 228
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Goodburns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Goodburn name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.