A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
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 Robson 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
1415 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Frank Gordon, a trainman at the CPR 1940
- Robert Gordon 1940
Next door in 1940: Shoppe Daisy at 1411 and Mrs A Albertson at 1425. The block, door by door
- 2
1729 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Matilda Gordon, a labeller at the Pacific Mills 1940
Next door in 1940: Fox Home Bky at 1723 and T H Schaffer at 1735. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a labeller and a trainman.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Gordon at 1415 Robson Street, with Frank M Gordon, a trainman at the CPR, and Robert Gordon. The 1940 name section lists Matilda Gordon at 1729 Robson Street, a labeller at the Pacific Mills.
Today
The City no longer lists 1415 Robson and 1729 Robson, 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.
- Gordon Frank1415 Robson, p. 230
- Gordon Frank M trainmn CPR1415 Robson, p. 230
- Gordon Robt1415 Robson, p. 230
- Gordon Matilda labeller Pac Mills1729 Robson, p. 230
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.