A family name on Columbia Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Marpole
The Wellses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Wells at one address, 7971 Columbia Street in Marpole, in 1940. The directories print the name on 58 other streets too, all listed on the Wells name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Wellses at home
- 1
7971 Columbia Street
Marpole, 1940
- Mrs O Wells, widow of W J 1940
- Joyce Wells, proprietor of the Algonquin Beauty Parlor 1940
Next door in 1940: J Baker at 7973. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Marpole. 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 Mrs O Wells at 7971 Columbia 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 Olive Wells there as the householder, widow of W J, with Joyce Wells, proprietor of the Algonquin Beauty Parlor.
Today
7971 Columbia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wells Mrs O7971 Columbia, p. 32
- Wells Joyce prop Algonquin Beauty Parlor7971 Columbia, p. 649
- Wells Olive wid W J7971 Columbia, p. 649
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wellses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wells name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.