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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ellams

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Ellam at three 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.

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Where the Ellams 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

    866 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Leopold G B Ellam, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Stewart at 846 and W Hamilton at 876. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1585 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Ellam, widow of J H 1940

    Next door in 1940: madrona apts at 1575 and roxborough apts at 1595. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2605 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C W Ellam, a helper at Ellam & Tonge 1940
    • Gordon J Ellam, a helper at Ellam & Tonge 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Faris at 2615. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a helper (2). Two of them worked for Ellam & Tonge. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leopold G B Ellam at 866 East 20th Avenue, retired. Mrs E Ellam is listed at 1585 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Emily Ellam there as the householder, widow of J H.

C W Ellam is listed at 2605 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Ellam there as the householder, of Ellam & Tonge, with Charles W Ellam Jr, a helper at Ellam & Tonge, and Gordon J Ellam, a helper at Ellam & Tonge.

Today

866 East 20th, 1585 West 15th and 2605 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1585 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Ellams

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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.