A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 34th 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
- 1
1856 West 34th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Miss K Ellis, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: W T Brown at 1834. The block, door by door
- 2
2111 West 34th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J F Ellis, a bookkeeper at BC Packers 1940
- W Don Ellis, a marine at Home Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Moor at 2105 and S C McKinnell at 2115. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a bookkeeper, a marine, a nurse and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 Miss K Ellis at 1856 West 34th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. J F Ellis is listed at 2111 West 34th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Frank Ellis there as the householder, a marine superintendent at BC Packers, with John F Ellis, a bookkeeper at BC Packers, and W Don Ellis, a marine at Home Oil.
H G Ellis is listed at 4069 West 34th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Henry G Ellis there as the householder, a salesman.
Today
1856 West 34th (1977), 2111 West 34th (2008) and 4069 West 34th (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ellis Miss K nurse Van Genl Hosp1856 West 34th, p. 182
- Ellis J F2111 West 34th, p. 250
- Ellis J Frank marine supt BC Pkrs2111 West 34th, p. 182
- Ellis John F bkpr BC Pkrs2111 West 34th, p. 182
- Ellis W Don marine Home Oil2111 West 34th, p. 182
- *Ellis H G4069 West 34th, p. 250
- Ellis Henry G slsmn4069 West 34th, 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.