A family name on West 9th Avenue, West Point Grey
The Wellses
In the city directories 1940 · one person at one address
The directories print one person named Wells at one address, 4535 West 9th Avenue in West Point Grey, 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
Point Grey
- 1
4535 West 9th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W Wells, an engineer at the BC Livestock Exchange 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Thompson at 4525 and J H Ferguson at 4545. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for the one person: an engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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
In 1940 the directory lists W Wells at 4535 West 9th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Wells there as the householder, an engineer at the BC Livestock Exchange.
Today
4535 West 9th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wells W4535 West 9th, p. 197
- Wells Wm eng BC Livestock Exch4535 West 9th, 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.