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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wellses

In the city directories 1940 · 65 addresses on 59 streets

The directories print the Wells name at 65 addresses on 59 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Wellses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown7 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  3. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  4. Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
  5. Sunset5 addresses
  6. West End5 addresses
  7. Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  9. Fairview4 addresses
  10. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  11. Marpole3 addresses
  12. West Point Grey3 addresses
  13. Kitsilano2 addresses
  14. Strathcona2 addresses
  15. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  16. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  17. Oakridge1 address
  18. Riley Park1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    East 27th AvenueTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: N E Wells and Harvey Wells
    1940
  2. 2
    East 38th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: J Wells, Mrs J Wells, Alice G Wells and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey; two people: F J Wells and W A Wells
    1940
  4. 4
    West 34th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: Mrs A I Wells, Mrs E A Wells, Joan Wells and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: A Wells, Alice Wells and Madge Wells
    1940
  6. 6
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: A Wells, C E Wells and Mrs Lilian E Wells
    1940
  7. 7
    Bruce StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: H A Wells, Clara M Wells and Mary K Wells
    1940
  8. 8
    Cardero StreetOne address in West End; three people: A Wells, Margaret A Wells and William Wells
    1940
  9. 9
    Chester StreetOne address in Sunset; one person: Clara E Wells
    1940
  10. 10
    Clarendon StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: L Wells
    1940
  11. 11
    Columbia StreetOne address in Marpole; two people: Mrs O Wells and Joyce Wells
    1940
  12. 12
    Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Fred M Wells
    1940

47 more streets, by name: East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Fraser Street (1), Fremlin Street (1), Granville Street (1), Highgate Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Main Street (1), McGill Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prior Street (1), Robson Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Trafalgar Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 65 addresses, 17 still have their buildings from before 1946, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 26; each street's page names them.

The book of the Wellses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.