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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ellises

In the city directories 1940 · 99 addresses on 76 streets

The directories print the Ellis name at 99 addresses on 76 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Ellises lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Fairview13 addresses
  2. Mount Pleasant13 addresses
  3. Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
  4. Kitsilano9 addresses
  5. West End9 addresses
  6. Downtown5 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  8. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  10. West Point Grey4 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  12. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  13. South Cambie3 addresses
  14. Sunset3 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  17. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  18. Riley Park1 address
  19. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West BroadwayFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: E M Ellis, Mrs S Ellis and S W Ellis, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; four people: Mrs H Ellis, N T Ellis and O B Ellis, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; four people: F W Ellis, Agnes Ellis and Frances M Ellis, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; four people: Mrs A Ellis, David C Ellis and House Ellis, and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 34th AvenueThree addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: J F Ellis, H G Ellis and Miss K Ellis, and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; four people: Mrs R E Ellis, J E Ellis and John E Ellis, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: David L Ellis, Ethel M Ellis and Miss E M Ellis
    1940
  8. 8
    Cambie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Charles Ellis and Robert Ellis
    1940
  9. 9
    Nicola StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: A Ellis, E Victoria Ellis and Percy W Ellis
    1940
  10. 10
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview; two people: W Ellis and James Ellis
    1940
  11. 11
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: Jack D B Ellis and Mollie Ellis
    1940
  12. 12
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: R B Ellis, T Ellis and Betty E Ellis
    1940

64 more streets, by name: Alberta Street (1), Alder Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Broughton Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Commercial Drive (1), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Copley Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Granville Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Lanark Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Sasamat Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Turner Street (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 50th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), William Street (1), Yukon Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 99 addresses, 38 still have their buildings from before 1946, 21 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 40; each street's page names them.

The book of the Ellises

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under E. Want a name removed? Tell us.