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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Gordons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Gordon at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gordons at 1507 West 12th 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

    192 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mervin J Gordon, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Wood at 186 and Mrs C S Williams at 196. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    666 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Margaret Gordon, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Lynch at 654 and Mrs M A Crozier at 674. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1176 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R T Gordon, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Flower at 1156 and montrose apartments at 1190. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1507 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J F Gordon 1940
    • Jessie F Gordon 1940
    • A Mary Gordon 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cosy Nook Cafe at 1509. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1875 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Elizabeth E Gordon 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Lloyd at 1865 and Mrs J A Haddow at 1879. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2266 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Gordon 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Paget at 2256 and G Hatchwell at 2276. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3512 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Gordon, retired 1940
    • W Ernest Gordon, of Gordon Bros Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Duff at 3506 and A Telford at 3520. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the ten: a clerk, a druggist and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mervin J Gordon at 192 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Gordon at 666 West 12th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists R T Gordon at 1176 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert T Gordon there as the householder, a druggist.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss J F Gordon at 1507 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jessie F Gordon there as the householder, with A Mary Gordon. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth E Gordon at 1875 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gordon at 2266 West 12th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists J Gordon at 3512 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Gordon there as the householder, retired, with Joel C Gordon, of Gordon Bros Service Station, and W Ernest Gordon, of Gordon Bros Service Station.

Today

192 West 12th, 1176 West 12th, 1507 West 12th and 3512 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1875 West 12th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 666 West 12th and 2266 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.