A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
The Gillises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Gillis at one address, 2515 Larch Street in Kitsilano, in 1940, with the close spelling Gillies. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Gillis name's own page.
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The Gillises at home
- 1
2515 Larch Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Gillies, a blacksmith at Associated Dairies 1940
- Flora G Gillies, a school teacher 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a blacksmith and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 J Gillies at 2515 Larch 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 John Gillies there as the householder, a blacksmith at Associated Dairies, with Flora G Gillies, a school teacher.
Today
The City no longer lists 2515 Larch, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gillies J2515 Larch, p. 102
- Gillies Flora G sch tchr2515 Larch, p. 224
- Gillies John blksmth Assoc Dairies2515 Larch, 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.