A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Jameses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named James at three addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the James name's own page.
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Where the Jameses lived
- 1
1144 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Andrew James, an accountant at the Lower Mainland Dairy Products Board 1940
Next door in 1940: Minaki Lodge at 1138 and Mrs J Neilson at 1148. The block, door by door
- 2
1236 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Harold James, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Goodrich at 1230 and F M Mills at 1242. The block, door by door
- 3
1460 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Rae M James, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: L W Elgear at 1448. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a salesman (2) and an accountant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew James at 1144 Nelson Street, an accountant at the Lower Mainland Dairy Products Board. The 1940 name section lists Harold James at 1236 Nelson Street, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Rae M James at 1460 Nelson Street, a salesman at Woodward's.
Today
1460 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1144 Nelson and 1236 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- James Andw acct Lower Mainland Dairy Prod Bd1144 Nelson, p. 300
- James Harold slsmn1236 Nelson, p. 300
- James Rae M slsmn Woodwards1460 Nelson, p. 300
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Jameses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the James 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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.