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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sallises

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Sallis at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Sallises at 2115 Columbia in 1940.

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Where the Sallises 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

    2115 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Sallis, a janitor 1940
    • F Edith Sallis 1940
    • Margaret Sallis, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • Ron C Sallis, a baler at National Paper Box 1940
    • Violet P Sallis, a waitress at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Saisho at 2109 and I Baumgart at 2121. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5859 Ormidale Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • V R Sallis, an engineer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Looney at 5845 and A Whybren at 5875. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1885 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Victoria Sallis, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Scott at 1875. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    129 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Sallis, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Johnson at 125 and Mrs J A Honeyford at 155. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a clerk (2), a baler, an engineer, a janitor, a laborer and a waitress. Three of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Killarney and Kitsilano. 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 C Sallis at 2115 Columbia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Sallis there as the householder, a janitor, with F Edith Sallis, Margaret Sallis, a clerk at Spencer's, Ron C Sallis, a baler at National Paper Box, and Violet P Sallis, a waitress at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists V R Sallis at 5859 Ormidale Street. The 1940 name section lists Victor R Sallis there as the householder, an engineer at Canadian White Pine.

The 1940 name section lists Victoria Sallis at 1885 West 10th Avenue, a clerk at Spencer's. A Sallis is listed at 129 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Sallis there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

2115 Columbia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 5859 Ormidale (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1885 West 10th and 129 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.