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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Guilds

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Guild at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Guilds at 1742 East 35th in 1940.

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Where the Guilds 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

    1036 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Roy M Guild, a salesman at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M O'Grady at 1024. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1742 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H A Guild, a meat cutter for W P Watson 1940
    • Doug G Guild, a helper at the A 1 Aluminum Foundry 1940
    • Jean C Guild, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Vera G Guild, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Viola Guild 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Pacey at 1736 and E P Fox at 1748. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a saleswoman (2), a helper, a meat cutter and a salesman. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 Roy M Guild at 1036 Cardero Street, a salesman at Safeway. H A Guild is listed at 1742 East 35th Avenue in 1940; 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 Herbert A Guild there as the householder, a meat cutter for W P Watson, with Doug G Guild, a helper at the A 1 Aluminum Foundry, Jean C Guild, a saleswoman at Spencer's, Vera G Guild, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Viola Guild.

Today

1036 Cardero and 1742 East 35th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Guilds

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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.