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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gurevitches

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Gurevitch at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Goorevitch. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gurevitches at 694 West Broadway in 1940.

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Where the Gurevitches 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

    829 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • I Gurevitch 1940
    • Esther Gurevitch 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Moore at 827 and N Briggs at 831. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2820 Pine Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Goorevitch, a salesman at Cristall Norge Store 1940

    Next door in 1940: L F Carsen at 2810 and F H Horn at 2834. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    694 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • B Gurevitch, an accountant at BC Distributor 1940
    • Ruby Gurevitch, a stenographer 1940
    • Sadie Gurevitch, a saleswoman at Red Elephant Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Western Mkt at 692 and Midway Pharm at 698. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an accountant, a salesman, a saleswoman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Strathcona. 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 I Gurevitch at 829 East Georgia Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Izzy Gurevitch there as the householder, with Esther Gurevitch. In 1940 the directory lists A Goorevitch at 2820 Pine Street. The 1940 name section lists Abe Goorevitch there as the householder, a salesman at Cristall Norge Store.

In 1940 the directory lists B Gurevitch at 694 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Gurevitch there as the householder, an accountant at BC Distributor, with Ruby Gurevitch, a stenographer, and Sadie Gurevitch, a saleswoman at Red Elephant Confectionery.

Today

829 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2820 Pine and 694 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.