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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gilberts

In the city directories 1940 · 61 addresses on 50 streets

The directories print the Gilbert name at 61 addresses on 50 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Gilberts lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano9 addresses
  2. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  3. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  4. Fairview4 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  6. Riley Park4 addresses
  7. Sunset4 addresses
  8. West End4 addresses
  9. West Point Grey4 addresses
  10. Downtown3 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  13. Strathcona3 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  15. Marpole1 address
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  17. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 10th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: Alfred Gilbert, Christina Gilbert, Evelyn G Gilbert and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    East Hastings StreetFour addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; four people: G F Gilbert, R B Gilbert, Edith M Gilbert and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: J E Gilbert, W J Gilbert and John Gilbert
    1940
  4. 4
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: G Gilbert, Dorothy Gilbert and Elsie M Gilbert
    1940
  5. 5
    KingswayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs E E Gilbert and Mrs M E Gilbert
    1940
  6. 6
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: Mrs A M Gilbert, Mrs E E Gilbert, Annie Gilbert and six more
    1940
  7. 7
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Agnes Gilbert
    1940
  8. 8
    Beach AvenueOne address in West End; two people: D R Gilbert and Philip R Gilbert
    1940
  9. 9
    Chester StreetOne address in Sunset; one person: H Gilbert
    1940
  10. 10
    Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: H J Gilbert
    1940
  11. 11
    Dundas StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: George Gilbert
    1940
  12. 12
    East 15th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs F M Gilbert
    1940

38 more streets, by name: East 17th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Elm Street (1), Frances Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Main Street (1), McGill Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 61 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 15 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 29; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.