A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Phillippes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Phillippe 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.
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Where the Phillippes lived
- 1
975 Chilco Street
West End, 1940
- Miss E E Phillippe 1940
- Emmaline E Phillippe, a department manager at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: chatelaine at 905. The block, door by door
- 2
1176 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Aeleen M Phillippe, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Flower at 1156 and montrose apartments at 1190. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a department manager and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Spencer's.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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 Miss E E Phillippe at 975 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emmaline E Phillippe there as the householder, a department manager at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Aeleen M Phillippe at 1176 West 12th Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
Today
975 Chilco and 1176 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 975 Chilco on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Phillippe Miss E E975 Chilco, p. 30
- Phillippe Emmaline E dept mgr Spencer's975 Chilco, p. 492
- Phillippe Aeleen M slswm Spencer's1176 West 12th, p. 492
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Phillippes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Phillippe 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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Another name, or a house
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.