A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Guernseys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Guernsey at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Guernseys lived
- 1
1454 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Eva I Guernsey, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: seafield apts at 1436. The block, door by door
- 2
522 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Gurnsey 1940
Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door
- 3
3984 West 23rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- F W Guernsey, an engineer at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Perraton at 3980 and R D Gleason at 3990. The block, door by door
- 4
744 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- F W Guernsey, a mining engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Tiny's Coffee Shop at 740. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and an engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eva I Guernsey at 1454 Pendrell Street, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. The 1940 name section lists Gurnsey at 522 Richards Street. In 1940 the directory lists F W Guernsey at 3984 West 23rd 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 Frederick W Guernsey there as the householder, an engineer at the Canadian Government.
In 1940 the directory lists F W Guernsey, a mining engineer, at 744 West Hastings Street.
Today
3984 West 23rd and 744 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 1454 Pendrell (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 522 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Guernsey Eva I clk Bk of Mont1454 Pendrell, p. 244
- Gurnsey522 Richards, p. 245
- *Guernsey F W3984 West 23rd, p. 238
- Guernsey Fredk W eng Can Govt3984 West 23rd, p. 244
- Guernsey F W min eng744 West Hastings, p. 80
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Guernseys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Guernsey name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.