A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gants
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gant 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 Gants lived
- 1
2622 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H R P Gant, a department manager at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
- Reginald W Gant, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: T D Walker at 2614 and C Nordstrom at 2628. The block, door by door
- 2
3505 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Ben R Gant, a branch manager at Reliable Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Ewing at 3511. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a branch manager, a clerk and a department manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Kitsilano. 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 H R P Gant at 2622 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 Herbert R P Gant there as the householder, a department manager at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Reginald W Gant, a clerk at the Royal Bank. The 1940 name section lists Ben R Gant at 3505 West 15th Avenue, a branch manager at Reliable Drug.
Today
2622 East Georgia and 3505 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gant H R P2622 East Georgia, p. 56
- Gant Herbt R P dept mgr HBC2622 East Georgia, p. 215
- Gant Regd W clk Royal Bk2622 East Georgia, p. 215
- Gant Ben R br mgr Reliable Drug3505 West 15th, p. 215
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gants
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gant 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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Another name, or a house
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.