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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Ellises

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Ellis at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    306 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A Ellis 1940
    • Vivian M Ellis, a cashier at Ford's Cafe 1940
  2. 2

    705 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • House Ellis 1940

    Next door in 1940: L B Jones at 725. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    836 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • David C Ellis, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nicol at 826 and Mrs M K Dougherty at 846. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a cashier and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs A Ellis at 306 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Alice Ellis there as the householder, with Vivian M Ellis, a cashier at Ford's Cafe. The 1940 name section lists House Ellis at 705 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists David C Ellis at 836 West 13th Avenue, a school teacher.

Today

306 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 705 West 13th and 836 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Ellises

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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.