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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shiellses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Shiells at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Shiels. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Shiellses at 1528 Charles in 1940.

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Where the Shiellses 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

    1306 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • John Shiels, a driver at Acme Towel 1940
  2. 2

    1528 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R D Shiells, a sheet metal worker for W D Shiells 1940
    • Marguerite L Shiells, a student 1940
    • Robert M Shiells, a clerk at Brandram-Henderson 1940
    • Ward D Shiells, in sheet metal works 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Henderson at 1524 and J A MacFarlan at 1542. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1266 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert C Shiels 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Southwell at 1246 and Miss R Tanner at 1280. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    809 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W D Shiells, in sheet metal works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Bridgman at 807 and Mrs M Baker at 811. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3883 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs P Shiels, widow of T 1940
    • Thomas Shiels, of Brown Derby Sandwich Shop and a manager at the Olympia Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Street at 3873 and Mrs M McPhedran at 3887. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1890 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D Shiels 1940
    • Isabelle Shiels, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Morrow at 1884 and F C Townsend at 1896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eleven: a clerk, a driver, a sheet metal worker and a sheet metal works. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 John Shiels at 1306 Cardero Street, a driver at Acme Towel. R D Shiells is listed at 1528 Charles Street 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 Robert D Shiells there as the householder, a sheet metal worker for W D Shiells, with Marguerite L Shiells, a student, Robert M Shiells, a clerk at Brandram-Henderson, and Ward D Shiells, in sheet metal works. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Shiels at 1266 Haro Street.

In 1940 the directory lists W D Shiells, in sheet metal works, at 809 Homer Street. Mrs P Shiels is listed at 3883 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Phemie Shiels there as the householder, widow of T, with Thomas Shiels, of Brown Derby Sandwich Shop and a manager at the Olympia Theatre.

D Shiels is listed at 1890 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Shiels there as the householder, with Isabelle Shiels, widow of H.

Today

3883 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 1306 Cardero (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1528 Charles, 1266 Haro, 809 Homer and 1890 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1528 Charles: no archive photo of the 1500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.