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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Phillipses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Phillips at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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

    344 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Lavinia Philips, widow of M 1940
    • Lavinia J Philips, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Taylor at 340 and W Ibbetson at 350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1957 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R G Phillips, an assistant director at Alexandra Neighbourhood House 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Lee at 1953 and G E Chesworth at 1967. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3463 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • I L Phillips, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Aitkens at 3455 and H T Chapman at 3481. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant director, an on active service and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lavinia Philips at 344 West 8th Avenue, widow of M, with Lavinia J Philips, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto. R G Phillips is listed at 1957 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists R Gaundry Phillips there as the householder, an assistant director at Alexandra Neighbourhood House.

I L Phillips is listed at 3463 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ian L Phillips there as the householder, on active service.

Today

3463 West 8th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 344 West 8th and 1957 West 8th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Phillipses

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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.