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A family name on Bidwell Street, West End

The Phillipses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Phillips at four addresses in 1940, all on Bidwell Street, with the close spelling Philips. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 85 other streets too, all listed on the Phillips name's own page.

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Where the Phillipses 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

    735 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • R K Phillips, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Wylie at 773. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    778 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Kathleen Phillips, a waitress for Balkan Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Wilson at 774. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    851 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • G M Phillips, in provincial registrar of voters at the BC Government 1940
    • Montague W Phillips, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C R Purdy at 825 and Rev L Amor at 891. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    858 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charlotte A Phillips, widow of J H 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Mathers at 850 and Mrs M E Blackmun at 864. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an accountant, a clerk, a provincial registrar of voters and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 K Phillips at 735 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists R Ken Phillips there as the householder, an accountant. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Phillips at 778 Bidwell Street, a waitress for Balkan Cafe.

G M Phillips is listed at 851 Bidwell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George M Phillips there as the householder, in provincial registrar of voters at the BC Government, with Montague W Phillips, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte A Phillips at 858 Bidwell Street, widow of J H.

Today

778 Bidwell and 851 Bidwell still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 858 Bidwell, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 735 Bidwell, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.