A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Melhuishes
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Melhuish at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Melhuishes at 2435 West 10th in 1940.
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Where the Melhuishes lived
- 1
2435 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs E W Melhuish, widow of G W 1940
- Margery E Melhuish, a nurse 1940
- William H Melhuish, a clerk at Toronto General Trusts 1940
Next door in 1940: H Hartness at 2425 and Miss F Winning at 2445. The block, door by door
- 2
4495 West 7th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J May Melhuish, a nurse for Mrs F J Hutcheson 1940
Next door in 1940: R S Goodwin at 4485. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a nurse (2) and a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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 Mrs E W Melhuish at 2435 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E Winifred Melhuish there as the householder, widow of G W, with Margery E Melhuish, a nurse, and William H Melhuish, a clerk at Toronto General Trusts. The 1940 name section lists J May Melhuish at 4495 West 7th Avenue, a nurse for Mrs F J Hutcheson.
Today
2435 West 10th (2013) and 4495 West 7th (1991) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Melhuish Mrs E W2435 West 10th, p. 200
- Melhuish E Winifred wid G W2435 West 10th, p. 424
- Melhuish Margery E nurse2435 West 10th, p. 424
- Melhuish Wm H clk Toronto Genl Trusts2435 West 10th, p. 424
- Melhuish J May nurse Mrs F J Hutcheson4495 West 7th, p. 424
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Melhuishes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Melhuish 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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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.