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A family name on Barclay Street, West End

The Gordons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Gordon at two addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gordons at 1329 Barclay in 1940. 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

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

    1329 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M Gordon 1940
    • Marion Gordon, of Church Book Depot 1940
    • Ethel M Gordon, of Church Book Depot 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Halpin at 1327 and J R Gray at 1339. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1967 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss A Gordon, rooms to let 1940
    • Agnes Gordon, who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Eleanor Gordon 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O Kirkham at 1949. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 Miss M Gordon at 1329 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marion Gordon there as the householder, of Church Book Depot, with Ethel M Gordon, of Church Book Depot. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A Gordon, rooms to let, at 1967 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Gordon there, who kept rooms to let, with Eleanor Gordon.

Today

1967 Barclay (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1329 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees
1925 Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees. Taken on the 1300 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1329 Barclay. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-5. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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

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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.