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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gillanderses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Gillanders at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Gillanderses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2781 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H K Gillanders, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Poulsen at 2773 and E C Bailey at 2791. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3791 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H W H Gillanders, a foreman at Pacific Elevator 1940
    • Hartley M Gillanders 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P McKenna at 3767. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2086 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A M Gillanders, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Walker at 2058 and G F Hanson at 2088. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2111 West 47th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C D Gillanders, proprietor of Central Drugs 1940
    • Elizabeth M Gillanders, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B A Thacker at 2117. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk, a foreman, a laborer, a proprietor and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale 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 K Gillanders at 2781 Triumph 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 Harold K Gillanders there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's. In 1940 the directory lists H W H Gillanders at 3791 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Howard W H Gillanders there as the householder, a foreman at Pacific Elevator, with Hartley M Gillanders.

In 1940 the directory lists A M Gillanders at 2086 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex M Gillanders there as the householder, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists C D Gillanders at 2111 West 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril D Gillanders there as the householder, proprietor of Central Drugs, with Elizabeth M Gillanders, a school teacher.

Today

2111 West 47th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2781 Triumph (1989), 3791 West 19th (1977) and 2086 West 2nd (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Gillanderses

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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.