A family name on Nicola Street, West End
The Ellises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Ellis at two addresses in 1940, all on Nicola Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the Ellis name's own page.
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Where the Ellises lived
- 1
819 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- A Ellis, a caretaker at the Wiltshire Apartments 1940
- E Victoria Ellis, a nurse for A J Sipes 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J F O Margetson at 805. The block, door by door
- 2
1386 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- Percy W Ellis, a branch manager at Electrolux 1940
Next door in 1940: greythorpe apts at 1334. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a branch manager, a caretaker and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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
In 1940 the directory lists A Ellis at 819 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Ellis there as the householder, a caretaker at the Wiltshire Apartments, with E Victoria Ellis, a nurse for A J Sipes. The 1940 name section lists Percy W Ellis at 1386 Nicola Street, a branch manager at Electrolux.
Today
1386 Nicola still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 819 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ellis A819 Nicola, p. 120
- Ellis Alex caretkr Wiltshire Apts819 Nicola, p. 182
- Ellis E Victoria nurse A J Sipes819 Nicola, p. 182
- Ellis Percy W br mgr Electrolux1386 Nicola, p. 182
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ellises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ellis name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.