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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gorovenkos

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Gorovenko at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Gorovenkos at 6159 Ontario in 1940.

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Where the Gorovenkos 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

    3995 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • V Gorovenko, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kerr at 3981 and Mrs E E Goddard at 3997. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6159 Ontario Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • V Gorovenko, a shoe repairer 1940
    • Alex Gorovenko 1940
    • Julia U Gorovenko, an operator for Gordon Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: L O Jacobsen at 6145 and A A Taylor at 6181. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an operator and a shoe repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Oakridge and Riley Park. 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 V Gorovenko, a shoe repairer, at 3995 Main Street. V Gorovenko is listed at 6159 Ontario Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Vasili Gorovenko there as the householder, a shoe repairer, with Alex Gorovenko, and Julia U Gorovenko, an operator for Gordon Campbell.

Today

3995 Main and 6159 Ontario still have their buildings from before 1946.

A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
About 1907 A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Not at the house at 6159 Ontario: no archive photo of the 6100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P166. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Gorovenkos

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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.