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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Phillipses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Phillips at three addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd Avenue, 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

    1750 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Phillips 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Bergwall at 1738 and B J Gerwing at 1752. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2989 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • June N Phillips, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Oswell at 2979 and Mrs N L Armstrong at 2995. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3124 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs F Phillips, widow of C J 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Larden at 3116 and E D Bell at 3130. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 Phillips at 1750 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ralph Phillips there. The 1940 name section lists June N Phillips at 2989 West 3rd Avenue, a student.

Mrs F Phillips is listed at 3124 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; 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 Frances Phillips there as the householder, widow of C J.

Today

2989 West 3rd and 3124 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1750 West 3rd (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Phillipses

Every directory, as one book

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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.