A family name on West 36th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Gordons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Gordon at two addresses in 1940, all on West 36th Avenue. 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 1550 West 36th 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
- 1
1550 West 36th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs F A Gordon, widow of L L 1940
- A E Robert Gordon, a clerk for A E Jukes 1940
- John L Gordon, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Bruhn at 1530 and G R Long at 1570. The block, door by door
- 2
3540 West 36th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- D McC Gordon 1940
- D McLean Gordon, proprietor of Antiquarian Shoppe 1940
Next door in 1940: C V Starbuck at 3532 and D R McDougall at 3550. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a proprietor and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 F A Gordon at 1550 West 36th Avenue; 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 Florence A Gordon there as the householder, widow of L L, with A E Robert Gordon, a clerk for A E Jukes, and John L Gordon, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists D McC Gordon at 3540 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists D McLean Gordon there as the householder, proprietor of Antiquarian Shoppe.
Today
1550 West 36th and 3540 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gordon Mrs F A1550 West 36th, p. 252
- Gordon A E Robt clk A E Jukes1550 West 36th, p. 230
- Gordon Florence A wid L L1550 West 36th, p. 230
- Gordon John L slsmn1550 West 36th, p. 230
- *Gordon D McC3540 West 36th, p. 252
- Gordon D McLean prop Antiquarian Shoppe3540 West 36th, p. 230
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.