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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gurds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Gurd at three 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 Gurds lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5008 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W F Gurd, a barrister 1940
    • Barbara M Gurd 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Young at 5026. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W F Gurd, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3363 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs L M Gurd, widow of R H 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Butler at 3349 and Mrs E P Nicholls at 3391. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a barrister. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 F Gurd at 5008 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William F Gurd there as the householder, a barrister, with Barbara M Gurd. In 1940 the directory lists W F Gurd, a barrister, at 470 Granville Street.

Mrs L M Gurd is listed at 3363 West 36th 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 Lillian M Gurd there as the householder, widow of R H.

Today

470 Granville and 3363 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5008 Angus Drive (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 5008 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 5000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Gurds

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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.