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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ennises

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Ennis at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Ennises lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4990 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Peggy Ennis, a maid for D N Hossie 1940

    Next door in 1940: P A Wootten at 4970. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1334 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • R L Ennis, a caretaker at the Greythorpe Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hutchinson at 1332 and 20 listings at 1386. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3258 Porter Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs C E Ennis, widow of W T 1940
    • William B Ennis, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Bulmer at 3242 and A MacKay at 3294. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    59 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs G Ennis, widow of L J 1940
    • Norah R Ennis 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Hjorth at 45 and E Chapman at 65. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a caretaker, a laborer and a maid. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 Peggy Ennis at 4990 Marguerite Street, a maid for D N Hossie. R L Ennis is listed at 1334 Nicola Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert L Ennis there as the householder, a caretaker at the Greythorpe Apartments.

Mrs C E Ennis is listed at 3258 Porter Street 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 Cora E Ennis there as the householder, widow of W T, with William B Ennis, a laborer. Mrs G Ennis is listed at 59 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude Ennis there as the householder, widow of L J, with Norah R Ennis.

Today

59 West 20th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4990 Marguerite, 1334 Nicola and 3258 Porter, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Ennises

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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.