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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wellmans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Wellman at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Wellmans 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

    2246 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L Wellman, a watchmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: V C Andres at 2256. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2034 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • O H Wellman, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Harper at 2020 and E B Grant at 2036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1046 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • T J Wellman, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Mathieson at 1040 and Mrs A Badman at 1052. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    806 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Wellman, a watchmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ball Room Alexander at 804 and E W Nelson at 808. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1920 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F C Wellman, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Scoular at 1914 and A R Jenion at 1926. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an engineer, a miner, a salesman and a watchmaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Downtown, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 L Wellman at 2246 Franklin Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard Wellman there as the householder, a watchmaker. In 1940 the directory lists O H Wellman at 2034 Graveley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oliver H Wellman there as the householder, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists T J Wellman at 1046 Harwood Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Wellman there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists L Wellman, a watchmaker, at 806 Hornby Street.

F C Wellman is listed at 1920 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Wellman there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's.

Today

2034 Graveley and 1920 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946, 2034 Graveley on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2246 Franklin, 1046 Harwood and 806 Hornby, 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, 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.