A family name on Cornwall Avenue, Kitsilano
The Gillises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Gillis at two addresses in 1940, all on Cornwall Avenue, with the close spelling Gillies. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Gillis name's own page.
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Where the Gillises lived
- 1
1965 Cornwall Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D E Gillis, retired 1940
- R K Gillis, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1945 and G N Stowe at 1995. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a laborer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 D E Gillis at 1965 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doug E Gillis there as the householder, retired, with R K Gillis, an egg candler at Buckerfield's, and Russell K Gillis, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Doug Gillies at 2475 Cornwall Avenue, a salesman, with Doug N Gillis, a salesman.
Today
The City no longer lists 1965 Cornwall and 2475 Cornwall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gillis D E1965 Cornwall, p. 37
- Gillis Doug E retired1965 Cornwall, p. 224
- Gillis R K egg candler Buckerfield's1965 Cornwall, p. 224
- Gillis Russell K lab1965 Cornwall, p. 224
- Gillies Doug slsmn Mc Mc & Prior2475 Cornwall, p. 224
- Gillis Doug N slsmn Mc Mc & Prior2475 Cornwall, p. 224
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gillises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gillis name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.