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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Gilberts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at two addresses

The directories print nine people named Gilbert at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Gilberts at 4293 West 14th in 1940. 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

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

    2466 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E E Gilbert, widow of G W 1940
    • Mabel Gilbert, a helper for Honey Dew 1940
    • Thomas Gilbert, who worked for Vancouver Breweries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Bernard at 2456 and H P Dumbrell at 2476. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4293 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs A M Gilbert 1940
    • Annie Gilbert, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Elizabeth Gilbert, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Janet Gilbert, a stenographer for J B Love 1940
    • Jessie Gilbert 1940
    • Minnie Gilbert 1940

    Next door in 1940: G O Bouchard at 4287. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a saleswoman (2), an employee, a helper and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs E E Gilbert at 2466 West 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Edith E Gilbert there as the householder, widow of G W, with Mabel Gilbert, a helper for Honey Dew, and Thomas Gilbert, who worked for Vancouver Breweries. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Gilbert at 4293 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie M Gilbert there as the householder, with Annie Gilbert, a saleswoman at Spencer's, Elizabeth Gilbert, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company, Janet Gilbert, a stenographer for J B Love, Jessie Gilbert, and Minnie Gilbert.

Today

4293 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2466 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.