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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mellors

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Mellor at four 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 Mellors 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

    5968 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs B Mellor, widow of T J 1940
    • Roy Mellor, an apprentice at Western Soap 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Westbrook at 5944 and C Harris at 5982. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4949 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs G Mellor, in magazines 1940
    • Robert Mellor, a clerk 1940
  3. 3

    2066 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Joan L Mellor, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McLennan at 2056 and H V Beresford at 2096. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3206 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J Mellor, a salesman at National Cash Register 1940
    • Rosina Mellor, widow of J W 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Till at 3212. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an apprentice, a clerk, a salesman and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 B Mellor at 5968 Beatrice Street; 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 Betsy Mellor there as the householder, widow of T J, with Roy Mellor, an apprentice at Western Soap. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G Mellor, in magazines, at 4949 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Mellor there, a clerk.

The 1940 name section lists Joan L Mellor at 2066 West 13th Avenue, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal. W J Mellor is listed at 3206 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Mellor there as the householder, a salesman at National Cash Register, with Rosina Mellor, widow of J W.

Today

2066 West 13th and 3206 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2066 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5968 Beatrice (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4949 Victoria Drive, so that building is 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, 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.