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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goulets

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Goulet at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Goult. 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 Goulets 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

    7966 Argyle Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • L A Goulet, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I E Davies at 7948 and T C Halliburton at 7970. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5526 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • B A Goulet, a traffic solicitor at CP Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Bentley at 5508 and D R MacKenzie at 5576. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss C E Goulet 1940
    • Cath E Goulet, an art teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3276 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H E Goult 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Greer at 3262 and P W Freer at 3294. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2817 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W S Goulet, proprietor of Welding & Construction 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Neil at 2833. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an art teacher, a painter, a proprietor and a traffic solicitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Victoria-Fraserview 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 L A Goulet at 7966 Argyle Street; 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 L Arthur Goulet there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists B A Goulet at 5526 Granville Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Blake A Goulet there as the householder, a traffic solicitor at CP Express.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss C E Goulet at 1915 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Cath E Goulet there as the householder, an art teacher. In 1940 the directory lists H E Goult at 3276 Ontario Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

W S Goulet is listed at 2817 Quebec Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William S Goulet there as the householder, proprietor of Welding & Construction.

Today

5526 Granville, 1915 Haro and 3276 Ontario still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 7966 Argyle and 2817 Quebec, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Goulets

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.