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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gusses

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Guss 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.

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Where the Gusses 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

    2718 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Rev W-I Guss, a pastor at the English Lutheran Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Cottrell at 2708. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5319 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R E Guss, a garage attendant at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Carter at 5305 and R S Lewington at 5325. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a garage attendant and a pastor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Rev W-I Guss at 2718 Alberta Street, a pastor at the English Lutheran Church. R E Guss is listed at 5319 Elgin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy E Guss there as the householder, a garage attendant at Woodward's.

Today

2718 Alberta and 5319 Elgin still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Gusses

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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.