A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gilligans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gilligan at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Gilligans lived
- 1
1206 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- J H Gilligan, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company 1940
Next door in 1940: H Everett at 1230. The block, door by door
- 2
2476 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Gilligan, a chief engineer at Marpole Towing 1940
- John H Gilligan, a deckhand at Marpole Towing 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Bruce at 2452 and L G Tomlin at 2486. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a chief engineer (2) and a deckhand. Two of them worked for Marpole Towing.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and West End. 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 J H Gilligan at 1206 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Gilligan there as the householder, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists H Gilligan at 2476 Trinity 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 lists Herbert Gilligan there as the householder, a chief engineer at Marpole Towing, with John H Gilligan, a deckhand at Marpole Towing.
Today
2476 Trinity still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1206 Haro, 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.
- Gilligan J H1206 Haro, p. 71
- Gilligan John H chf eng USS1206 Haro, p. 224
- *Gilligan H2476 Trinity, p. 157
- Gilligan Herbt chf eng Marpole Towing2476 Trinity, p. 224
- Gilligan John H deckhd Marpole Towing2476 Trinity, p. 224
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gilligans
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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.