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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Phelpses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Phelps at five 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 Phelpses 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

    1553 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • V E Phelps, a dealer for J R Watkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Kelley at 1537 and C E Stait at 1555. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1155 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Beryl H Phelps, a stenographer at A & N Department Store 1940

    Next door in 1940: nelson court at 1147 and Mrs A B Stone at 1157. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    15 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W S Phelps, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Babbage at 7 and R C Langston at 17. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1905 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Phelps 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Montcrieff at 1915. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1876 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J L Phelps, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Bennett at 1846 and ventura (the) at 1886. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a dealer, a stage operator and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant 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 V E Phelps at 1553 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victor E Phelps there as the householder, a dealer for J R Watkins. The 1940 name section lists Beryl H Phelps at 1155 Nelson Street, a stenographer at A & N Department Store.

W S Phelps is listed at 15 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter S Phelps there as the householder, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation. Mrs M Phelps is listed at 1905 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marguerite Phelps there as the householder.

J L Phelps is listed at 1876 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John L Phelps there as the householder, a student at UBC.

Today

15 West 12th and 1876 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1553 East 11th, 1155 Nelson and 1905 West 15th, 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, 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.