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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gosses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Goss at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Gosses 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

    1833 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Goss, who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Walter Goss, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Avon at 1821 and N Budibent at 1865. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1185 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marie Goss, a helper at the Margaret Convalescent & Nursing Home 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Carlisle at 1169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3411 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A W Goss, a glass bender at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: madeleine court at 3463. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4285 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Wilbur H Goss, a lecturer at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Whaley at 4277 and C T Tapp at 4293. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    45 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Ethel Goss, a housekeeper at the New Fountain Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gem Barber Shop at 35 and Palace Cafe at 49. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an engineer, a glass bender, a helper, a housekeeper and a lecturer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Shaughnessy 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 J Goss, rooms to let, at 1833 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Goss there, who kept rooms to let, with Walter Goss, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Marie Goss at 1185 Harwood Street, a helper at the Margaret Convalescent & Nursing Home.

A W Goss is listed at 3411 Oak Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alvin W Goss there as the householder, a glass bender at Neon Products. The 1940 name section lists Wilbur H Goss at 4285 West 11th Avenue, a lecturer at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel Goss at 45 West Cordova Street, a housekeeper at the New Fountain Hotel.

Today

3411 Oak and 4285 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1833 Haro, 1185 Harwood and 45 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.