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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Merileeses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Merilees 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 Merileeses 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

    3422 Sophia Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R Merilees 1940
    • Helen Merilees, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: M MacKenzie at 3416 and H T McElroy at 3432. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2145 West 16th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W L Merilees, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Patterson at 2135 and R Vermier at 2165. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3056 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J L Merilees, a buyer at Cave & Co 1940
    • Robert O Merilees, a salesman for B Sanderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Miller at 3046 and C H Irwin at 3066. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a buyer, a salesman and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 R Merilees at 3422 Sophia 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 Robert Merilees there as the householder, with Helen Merilees, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists W L Merilees at 2145 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Welborne L Merilees there as the householder, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Merilees at 3056 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James L Merilees there as the householder, a buyer at Cave & Co, with Robert O Merilees, a salesman for B Sanderson.

Today

3422 Sophia and 3056 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2145 West 16th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.