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A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Gordons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Gordon at four addresses in 1940, all on West 16th 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 3812 West 16th 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

    703 West 16th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs H W Gordon, widow of A 1940
    • Irene Gordon 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Persson at 701 and S J Ward at 705. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1551 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Elizabeth F Gordon, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: st charles apts at 1535 and york manor at 1565. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3515 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Don Gordon, a cashier 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Thompson at 3505 and Mrs M Vandenberghe at 3527. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3812 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R D Gordon, a plasterer 1940
    • Don C Gordon, a student 1940
    • Margaret E Gordon, a stenographer at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Adamson at 3808 and A Lakie at 3820. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a stenographer (2), a cashier and a plasterer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, South Cambie 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 Mrs H W Gordon at 703 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Helen W Gordon there as the householder, widow of A, with Irene Gordon. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth F Gordon at 1551 West 16th Avenue, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Don Gordon at 3515 West 16th Avenue, a cashier.

In 1940 the directory lists R D Gordon at 3812 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert D Gordon there as the householder, a plasterer, with Don C Gordon, a student, and Margaret E Gordon, a stenographer at Union Oil.

Today

703 West 16th, 1551 West 16th, 3515 West 16th and 3812 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.