A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gureviches
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Gurevich at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Gureviches lived
- 1
829 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Sam Gurvich, a branch manager at Wosk's 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Moore at 827 and N Briggs at 831. The block, door by door
- 2
2193 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M Gurevich, a driver 1940
- Mrs Dora Gurevich, proprietor of the Gladstone Exchange 1940
Next door in 1940: Hodgson W J Sash & Doors at 2143 and Blaikie at 2199. The block, door by door
- 3
727 Princess Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- A Gurevich, a peddler 1940
Next door in 1940: G D Jaffe at 741. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a branch manager, a driver, a peddler and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Sam Gurvich at 829 East Georgia Street, a branch manager at Wosk's. M Gurevich is listed at 2193 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Morris Gurevich there as the householder, a driver, with Mrs Dora Gurevich, proprietor of the Gladstone Exchange.
A Gurevich is listed at 727 Princess Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Abram Gurevich there as the householder, a peddler.
Today
829 East Georgia and 727 Princess still have their buildings from before 1946, 727 Princess on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2193 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gurvich Sam br mgr Wosk's829 East Georgia, p. 245
- Gurevich M2193 Kingsway, p. 98
- Gurevich Mrs Dora prop Gladstone Exch2193 Kingsway, p. 245
- Gurevich Morris drvr2193 Kingsway, p. 245
- Gurevich A727 Princess, p. 137
- Gurevich Abram pdlr727 Princess, p. 245
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Gureviches
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gurevich 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.