A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gilbys
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Gilby at three addresses in 1940 in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, with the close spelling Gilbey. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gilbys at 5293 Chester in 1940.
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Where the Gilbys lived
- 1
5293 Chester Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A Gilbey, a gardener at BC Sugar 1940
- Gladys M Gilbey, a packer at BC Sugar 1940
- Grace S Gilbey 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M E Matheson at 5285. The block, door by door
- 2
3808 Dumfries Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W B Gilby, in poultry 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Corlett at 3824. The block, door by door
- 3
1497 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W B Gilby, in poultry 1940
Next door in 1940: H Harris at 1477. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a gardener, a packer and a poultry. Two of them worked for BC Sugar.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 A Gilbey at 5293 Chester 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 Arthur Gilbey there as the householder, a gardener at BC Sugar, with Gladys M Gilbey, a packer at BC Sugar, and Grace S Gilbey. In 1940 the directory lists W B Gilby at 3808 Dumfries Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William B Gilby there as the householder, in poultry.
In 1940 the directory lists W B Gilby, in poultry, at 1497 Kingsway; the 1940 line is marked * too.
Today
3808 Dumfries still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 5293 Chester (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1497 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gilbey A5293 Chester, p. 29
- Gilbey Arth gdnr BC Sugar5293 Chester, p. 223
- Gilbey Gladys M pkr BC Sugar5293 Chester, p. 223
- Gilbey Grace S5293 Chester, p. 223
- *Gilby W B3808 Dumfries, p. 44
- Gilby Wm B plty 1497 Kway3808 Dumfries, p. 223
- *Gilby W B plty1497 Kingsway, p. 98
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.