A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Ellises
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Ellis at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Ellises at 2731 West 15th in 1940. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the Ellis name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Ellises lived
- 1
1590 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs Isobel E Ellis, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door
- 2
2731 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs E Ellis, widow of H 1940
- Ernest E Ellis, an apprentice at Frederick's Display Studio 1940
- Marjorie Y Ellis, a cashier at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Campbell at 2727 and H M Bulman at 2737. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an apprentice, a cashier and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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 Mrs Isobel E Ellis at 1590 West 15th Avenue, a stenographer. Mrs E Ellis is listed at 2731 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edith Ellis there as the householder, widow of H, with Ernest E Ellis, an apprentice at Frederick's Display Studio, and Marjorie Y Ellis, a cashier at Spencer's.
Today
1590 West 15th and 2731 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1590 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ellis Mrs Isobel E sten1590 West 15th, p. 182
- Ellis Mrs E2731 West 15th, p. 220
- Ellis Edith wid H2731 West 15th, p. 182
- Ellis Ernest E appr Frederick's Display Studio2731 West 15th, p. 182
- Ellis Marjorie Y cash Spencers2731 West 15th, p. 182
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.