A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gordons
In the city directories 1940 · 160 addresses on 107 streets
The directories print the Gordon name at 160 addresses on 107 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Gordons lived
- West End24 addresses
- Downtown23 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage14 addresses
- Fairview12 addresses
- Kitsilano11 addresses
- Mount Pleasant10 addresses
- Riley Park10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands9 addresses
- West Point Grey7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Shaughnessy6 addresses
- Kerrisdale5 addresses
- Marpole4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 12th AvenueSeven addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; ten people: J Gordon, R T Gordon, A Mary Gordon and seven more1940
- 2Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown and Fairview; six people: Colin Gordon, Earl A Gordon, F Gordon and three more1940
- 3West 7th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: H W Gordon, S A Gordon, T Gordon and five more1940
- 4West Georgia StreetFive addresses in Downtown; eight people: G Gordon, Mrs E M Gordon, Anna Gordon and five more1940
- 5Broughton StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: F M Gordon, Arthur Gordon, Hubert H Gordon and two more1940
- 6West 16th AvenueFour addresses in South Cambie, Fairview, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey; seven people: Mrs H W Gordon, R D Gordon, Don C Gordon and four more1940
- 7East 38th AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park; seven people: D Gordon, J A Gordon, R Gordon and four more1940
- 8Adanac StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A Gordon and R G Gordon1940
- 9Alma StreetTwo addresses in West Point Grey and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: W E Gordon, Ellie G Gordon, Miss E G Gordon and one more1940
- 10Balsam StreetTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale; three people: Mrs E L Gordon, A O Gordon and Allan D Gordon1940
- 11Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; six people: Agnes Gordon, Eleanor Gordon, Ethel M Gordon and three more1940
- 12Bidwell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Alex B Gordon and Florence T Gordon1940
95 more streets, by name: Bayswater Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Beatrice Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Bute Street (2), Cambie Street (1), Cardero Street (2), Cartier Street (2), Comox Street (2), Connaught Drive (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (2), East 31st Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (2), East 45th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (2), East Broadway (2), East Hastings Street (2), East Pender Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Galt Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Gothard Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (2), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Hudson Street (1), James Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Lanark Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Main Street (2), Marguerite Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nootka Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Osler Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Perry Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (2), Robson Street (2), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Vernon Drive (1), Victoria Drive (1), Waterloo Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 26th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (2), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 58th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West 9th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Pender Street (2), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 160 addresses, 74 still have their buildings from before 1946, 34 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 52; each street's page names them.
The book of the Gordons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gordon 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.