A family name on Alma Street, Kitsilano, West Point Grey and Dunbar-Southlands
The Gordons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Gordon at two addresses in 1940, all on Alma Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 106 other streets too, all listed on the Gordon name's own page.
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Where the Gordons lived
Point Grey
- 1
2535 Alma Street
West Point Grey, 1940
- Miss E G Gordon 1940
- Ellie G Gordon, proprietor of the Shamrock Lending Library 1940
Next door in 1940: Cameron Radio Serv at 2525 and P L Tait at 2545. The block, door by door
- 2
5656 Alma Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W E Gordon, a credit manager at M-W Ltd 1940
- Russell H Gordon, a clerk at M-W Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: W MacB Brown at 5626. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a credit manager and a proprietor. Two of them worked for M-W Ltd.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey. 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 Miss E G Gordon at 2535 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ellie G Gordon there as the householder, proprietor of the Shamrock Lending Library. In 1940 the directory lists W E Gordon at 5656 Alma Street; 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 William E Gordon there as the householder, a credit manager at M-W Ltd, with Russell H Gordon, a clerk at M-W Ltd.
Today
5656 Alma still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2535 Alma, so that building is 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.
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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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.