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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lillicos

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Lillico at three 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 Lillicos 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

    3780 Point Grey Road

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J D Lillico, a representative at Ridgway's 1940

    Next door in 1940: M W Taylor at 3768 and Mrs C Rendell at 3792. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1356 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Cecelia M Lillico, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Gladys E Lillico, a stenographer at Prud Trust 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Nissenbaum at 1346 and J Greenberg at 1366. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4168 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J R Lillico, a salesman for Balfour Guthrie 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B McAllister at 4158 and F W Harstone at 4174. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an operator, a representative, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 D Lillico, a tea, at 3780 Point Grey Road; 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 D Lillico there as the householder, a representative at Ridgway's. The 1940 name section lists Cecelia M Lillico at 1356 West 13th Avenue, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Gladys E Lillico, a stenographer at Prud Trust.

J R Lillico is listed at 4168 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James R Lillico there as the householder, a salesman for Balfour Guthrie.

Today

3780 Point Grey Road (2011), 1356 West 13th (2009) and 4168 West 14th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3780 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Lillicos

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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.