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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goostreys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Goostrey 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 Goostreys 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

    1081 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edith F Goostrey, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
    • Mildred Goostrey, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1896 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S Goostrey, a carpenter 1940
    • Berneice A Goostrey, a comptroller operator at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: B McLean at 1886. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1636 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M E Goostrey, widow of G F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M F Gale at 1630 and Mrs F Harding at 1642. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J W Goostrey, a caretaker at Vallejo Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a maid (2), a caretaker, a carpenter and a comptroller operator. Two of them worked for St Pauls Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edith F Goostrey at 1081 Burrard Street, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital, with Mildred Goostrey, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital. S Goostrey is listed at 1896 East 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan Goostrey there as the householder, a carpenter, with Berneice A Goostrey, a comptroller operator at M-W Ltd.

Mrs M E Goostrey is listed at 1636 Napier Street in 1940; 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 Mary E Goostrey there as the householder, widow of G F. J W Goostrey is listed at 1009 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John W Goostrey there as the householder, a caretaker at Vallejo Court.

Today

1081 Burrard and 1009 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1896 East 16th and 1636 Napier, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Goostreys

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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.