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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sellarses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Sellars at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Sellarses 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

    2239 Balaclava Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ernest H Sellars, a manager at Mill Fuels 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Smith at 2233 and L R Tupling at 2291. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2627 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • George Sellars, a seaman at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Smith at 2619 and M S Wiseman at 2645. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    12 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A W Sellars, a kitchen helper at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1285 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Sellars, widow of H W 1940
    • Norman Sellars, a helper at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Hayden at 1275 and Miss G M L Knox at 1295. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    935 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Jean Sellars, a stenographer for M F Thomson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Morey at 929 and O E Thomas at 937. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1190 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sellars (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Coupar at 1184. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a helper, a kitchen helper, a manager, a seaman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano 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 Ernest H Sellars at 2239 Balaclava Street, a manager at Mill Fuels. The 1940 name section lists George Sellars at 2627 Grant Street, a seaman at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A W Sellars at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ann W Sellars there as the householder, a kitchen helper at the Vancouver City School Board.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Sellars at 1285 West 15th Avenue; 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 Margaret Sellars there as the householder, widow of H W, with Norman Sellars, a helper at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jean Sellars at 935 West 16th Avenue, a stenographer for M F Thomson. The 1940 name section lists Sellars (no first name printed) at 1190 West Hastings Street.

Today

2239 Balaclava, 2627 Grant and 12 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 12 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1285 West 15th, 935 West 16th and 1190 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.