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A family name on Balsam Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge

The Gordons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Gordon at two addresses in 1940, all on Balsam 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

  1. 1

    5489 Balsam Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A O Gordon 1940
    • Allan D Gordon, of Timms Gordon Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Peers at 5463. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6026 Balsam Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs E L Gordon, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C E Beddy at 6018 and A Hunter at 6036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale. 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 A O Gordon at 5489 Balsam 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Allan D Gordon there as the householder, of Timms Gordon Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E L Gordon at 6026 Balsam Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ellenore L Gordon there as the householder, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

Today

The City no longer lists 5489 Balsam and 6026 Balsam, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Gordons

Every directory, as one book

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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.