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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gotts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Gott at four 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 Gotts 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

    1818 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • W Gott, a cook 1940
    • Mary J Gott 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Boyd at 1822. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    475 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Gott, a patrolman at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Clarke at 471 and G L Boyd at 489. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1767 McSpadden Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M Gott, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Dickinson at 1763 and Mrs E A Hayes at 1775. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4038 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H S Gott, an accountant 1940
    • Roderick Gott, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Devitt at 4034 and Miss G A Long at 4044. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an accountant (2), a cook and a patrolman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park and West End. 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 W Gott at 1818 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Gott there as the householder, a cook, with Mary J Gott. In 1940 the directory lists G Gott at 475 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Gott there as the householder, a patrolman at the Vancouver Parks Board.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Gott at 1767 McSpadden 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 lists Mariann Gott there as the householder, widow of D. In 1940 the directory lists H S Gott at 4038 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hancil S Gott there as the householder, an accountant, with Roderick Gott, an accountant.

Today

1767 McSpadden and 4038 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; 475 East 16th (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1818 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Taken where the 1800 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 1818 Comox. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.