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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Elseys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Elsey at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Elseys 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

    4632 Langara Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C R Elsey, a research department at BC Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Shier at 4620 and J A Hall at 4646. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3282 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G E Elsey, a salesman at Dickson Importing 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Bird at 3274 and W H Bissett at 3294. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2129 West 48th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A S Elsey, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Marjory M Elsey 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Watson at 2121 and F J Errington at 2137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a research department and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 C R Elsey at 4632 Langara Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists C Roy Elsey there as the householder, a research department at BC Packers. In 1940 the directory lists G E Elsey at 3282 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George E Elsey there as the householder, a salesman at Dickson Importing.

In 1940 the directory lists A S Elsey at 2129 West 48th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred S Elsey there as the householder, a clerk at Imperial Oil, with Marjory M Elsey.

Today

4632 Langara and 3282 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2129 West 48th (1989) has a newer building, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.