A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gilleys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Gilley at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Gilleys lived
- 1
4489 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- E R Gilley, an assistant manager and a managing director at Diethers Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Nickerson at 4469. The block, door by door
- 2
1009 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- R A Gilley, an agent at Imperial Life Assce 1940
Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an agent, an assistant manager and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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 E R Gilley at 4489 Osler 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 E Roland Gilley there as the householder, an assistant manager and a managing director at Diethers Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists R A Gilley at 1009 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Gilley there as the householder, an agent at Imperial Life Assce.
The 1940 name section lists Verna Gilley at 250 West 59th Avenue, a nurse at the Crippled Children's Hospital.
Today
1009 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4489 Osler (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 250 West 59th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gilley E R4489 Osler, p. 123
- Gilley E Roland asst mgr EC&E and mng dir Diethers Ltd4489 Osler, p. 224
- Gilley R A1009 West 10th, p. 199
- Gilley Robt A agt Imp Life Assce1009 West 10th, p. 224
- Gilley Verna nurse Crippled Children's Hosp250 West 59th, p. 224
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gilleys
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.