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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Neillys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Neilly 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 Neillys lived

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

    1306 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • N Neilly 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R H Insley at 1318. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    376 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W J Neilly, a clerk at Vancouver Whses 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Faulks at 362. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2127 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E P Neilly 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Taylor at 2123 and Chimney Sweep Yorkshire at 2137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists N Neilly at 1306 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman Neilly there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W J Neilly at 376 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Neilly there as the householder, a clerk at Vancouver Whses.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E P Neilly at 2127 West 1st 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 lists Mrs E Pearl Neilly there as the householder.

Today

1306 Bidwell and 376 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1306 Bidwell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2127 West 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Neillys

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.