A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Gilberts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Gilbert at four addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 49 other streets too, all listed on the Gilbert name's own page.
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Where the Gilberts lived
- 1
235 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Edith M Gilbert, widow of G 1940
Next door in 1940: Old Empress Hotel at 237. The block, door by door
- 2
612 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R B Gilbert, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: New Method Barber Shop at 600 and Mrs I Bynoe at 618. The block, door by door
- 3
1650 East Hastings Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Frederick Gilbert 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scott at 1648 and H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door
- 4
1672 East Hastings Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G F Gilbert, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Strathcona (2). 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 Edith M Gilbert at 235 East Hastings Street, widow of G. R B Gilbert is listed at 612 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert B Gilbert there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Gilbert at 1650 East Hastings Street.
In 1940 the directory lists G F Gilbert at 1672 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists George F Gilbert there as the householder, a driver.
Today
235 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 612 East Hastings, 1650 East Hastings and 1672 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gilbert Edith M wid G prop Empress Hotel235 East Hastings, p. 222
- Gilbert R B612 East Hastings, p. 74
- Gilbert Robt B lngshmn612 East Hastings, p. 223
- Gilbert Fredk1650 East Hastings, p. 222
- Gilbert G F1672 East Hastings, p. 75
- Gilbert Geo F drvr1672 East Hastings, p. 222
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Gilberts
Every directory, as one book
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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.