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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gilpins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Gilpin at five addresses in 1940 in two 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 Gilpins lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    920 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Davida Gilpin, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E G Alcombrack at 918 and J C Shillingford at 922. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    42 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George C Gilpin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pumps & Power Ltd at 40 and Pumps & Power (whse) at 48. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    603 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss D Gilpin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McIntyre at 611. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4262 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G T Gilpin, an optometrist for N G Cull 1940
    • Aileen M Gilpin, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Bond at 4254 and J J Larkin at 4270. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4420 West 5th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H W Gilpin, an investigator at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: T T Wright at 4414 and J R Pollock at 4444. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an investigator, an optometrist, a stenographer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and West Point Grey (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Davida Gilpin at 920 Dunsmuir Street, a waitress. The 1940 name section lists George C Gilpin at 42 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Miss D Gilpin at 603 Hornby Street.

G T Gilpin is listed at 4262 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 George T Gilpin there as the householder, an optometrist for N G Cull, with Aileen M Gilpin, a stenographer. H W Gilpin is listed at 4420 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry W Gilpin there as the householder, an investigator at the Canadian Government.

Today

42 East Cordova and 4262 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4420 West 5th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 920 Dunsmuir and 603 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.