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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Guests

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Guest at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Guests 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

    429 Campbell Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M E Guest, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Braaten at 427 and K Chiba at 439. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1017 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Leonard Guest, a janitor at the Stanley Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Chambers at 1011 and Mrs M Dixon at 1049. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2235 East 52nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G Guest, a laborer 1940
    • Lloyd Guest, a clerk at BC Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Woodward at 2253. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1395 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Guest 1940

    Next door in 1940: florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2714 West 31st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C C Guest, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Gardner at 2722. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    53 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Guest 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pierre Paris at 51 and Standard Electric & Radio Ltd at 55. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Stan G Guest, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a laborer (2), a clerk, a janitor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 M E Guest at 429 Campbell Avenue as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists E Leonard Guest at 1017 East 10th Avenue, a janitor at the Stanley Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists G Guest at 2235 East 52nd 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 George Guest there as the householder, a laborer, with Lloyd Guest, a clerk at BC Packers.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Guest at 1395 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annabel Guest there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists C C Guest at 2714 West 31st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Guest there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's.

The 1940 name section lists F Guest at 53 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Stan G Guest at 1025 West Pender Street, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

Today

1017 East 10th, 2235 East 52nd, 1395 West 14th and 53 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1395 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2714 West 31st (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 429 Campbell and 1025 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Guests

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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.