A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Yellands
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Yelland at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Yellands at 1710 Dunbar in 1940.
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Where the Yellands lived
- 1
1710 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs E D Yelland 1940
- Jean D Yelland, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
- Lloyd D Yelland 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Meekison at 1724. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
2321 Trafalgar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- G Yelland, a millworker 1940
- Dorothy I Yelland, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E McDevitt at 2315 and H Hawes at 2329. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a millworker, a salesman, a saleswoman and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Sunset. 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 E D Yelland at 1710 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Edith D Yelland there as the householder, with Jean D Yelland, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Lloyd D Yelland. In 1940 the directory lists N K Yelland at 5973 Sherbrooke Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman K Yelland there as the householder, a salesman at Pratt's Beauty Supplies.
In 1940 the directory lists G Yelland at 2321 Trafalgar Street. The 1940 name section lists George Yelland there as the householder, a millworker, with G Arthur Yelland, and Dorothy I Yelland, a school teacher.
Today
1710 Dunbar and 2321 Trafalgar still have their buildings from before 1946, 1710 Dunbar on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5973 Sherbrooke (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Yelland Mrs E D1710 Dunbar, p. 44
- Yelland Mrs Edith D1710 Dunbar, p. 678
- Yelland Jean D slswm Spencers1710 Dunbar, p. 678
- Yelland Lloyd D1710 Dunbar, p. 678
- Yelland N K5973 Sherbrooke, p. 151
- Yelland Norman K slsmn Pratt's Beauty Supp5973 Sherbrooke, p. 678
- Yelland G2321 Trafalgar, p. 156
- Yelland Dorothy I sch tchr2321 Trafalgar, p. 678
- Yelland G Arth2321 Trafalgar, p. 678
- Yelland Geo mlwkr2321 Trafalgar, p. 678
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Yellands
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Yelland 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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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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.