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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lillies

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Lillie at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Lillies at 3655 West 7th in 1940.

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Where the Lillies 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

    1370 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • John Lillie, an oil burner installer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nishimura at 1340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2255 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Ken Lillie, a collector 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Ellis at 2245 and L A Kipp at 2257. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3655 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs H Lillie, widow of J B 1940
    • Margaret Lillie 1940
    • Travis Lillie, a collector 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Haggerty at 3643 and A L Price at 3661. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1961 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Lillie, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L Snider at 1955 and F C Tingley at 1973. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a collector (2), a master mariner and an oil burner installer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Lillie at 1370 Davie Street, an oil burner installer. The 1940 name section lists Ken Lillie at 2255 Turner Street, a collector. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Lillie at 3655 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Helen Lillie there as the householder, widow of J B, with Margaret Lillie, and Travis Lillie, a collector.

In 1940 the directory lists E Lillie at 1961 Whyte Avenue; 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 Eric Lillie there as the householder, a master mariner.

Today

2255 Turner and 3655 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1370 Davie (1979) and 1961 Whyte (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Lillies

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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.