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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gallants

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Gallant at four 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 Gallants 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

    1359 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Gallante 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Frederiksen at 1353 and J Robertson at 1375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Gallant, a chiropractor 1940

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

  3. 3

    766 West 62nd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • K E Gallant, a shingle weaver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Edwards at 754 and E B McRory at 778. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    407 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arthur Gallant, a deckhand at Vancouver Tug Boat 1940

    Next door in 1940: Textile Dominion at 403 and strachan g ltd at 411. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a deckhand and a shingle weaver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and Marpole. 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 George Gallante at 1359 Burrard Street. E Gallant, a chiropractor, is listed at 470 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists K E Gallant at 766 West 62nd Avenue; 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 Ken E Gallant there as the householder, a shingle weaver.

The 1940 name section lists Arthur Gallant at 407 West Cordova Street, a deckhand at Vancouver Tug Boat.

Today

470 Granville and 407 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 407 West Cordova on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1359 Burrard and 766 West 62nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Gallants

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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.