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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Gordons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Gordon at five addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 2195 West 7th 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

    716 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • James T Gordon, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Falconer at 704 and I H Cook at 730. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1034 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Robert Gordon, a laborer at B C Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Cosh at 1026 and A C Makepeace at 1040. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1043 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H W Gordon, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Matsumoto at 1037 and F M Harrison at 1049. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2195 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Gordon, an engineer 1940
    • Francis H Gordon 1940
    • W Thomas Gordon, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Partington at 2187. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4410 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S A Gordon 1940
    • S V Allen Gordon, a meteorologist at the Airport 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Burden at 4406 and E G Bryant at 4420. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a laborer (2), an engineer, a meteorologist, a seaman and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James T Gordon at 716 West 7th Avenue, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company. The 1940 name section lists Robert Gordon at 1034 West 7th Avenue, a laborer at B C Government. In 1940 the directory lists H W Gordon at 1043 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry W Gordon there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists T Gordon at 2195 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Gordon there as the householder, an engineer, with Francis H Gordon, and W Thomas Gordon, a warehouseman. In 1940 the directory lists S A Gordon at 4410 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan A Gordon there as the householder, with S V Allen Gordon, a meteorologist at the Airport.

Today

2195 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4410 West 7th (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 716 West 7th, 1034 West 7th and 1043 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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.