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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The Kings

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named King at five 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 111 other streets too, all listed on the King name's own page.

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Where the Kings lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1138 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henry King, a salesman for A Sheret 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Morton at 1132 and T W Pluto at 1144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1160 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs King 1940

    Next door in 1940: lorne (the) at 1150 and F J Pearson at 1168. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1235 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J J King, proprietor of King Agencies 1940
    • Shirley M King 1940

    Next door in 1940: beverly (the) at 1225 and tweedsmuir apts at 1245. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1606 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J H King, a circulation at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Bellamy at 1616. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1763 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Irene King 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Magee at 1757 and Mrs J Ironside at 1771. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a circulation, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Henry King at 1138 Nelson Street, a salesman for A Sheret. The 1940 name section lists Mrs King at 1160 Nelson Street. In 1940 the directory lists J J King at 1235 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists John J King there as the householder, proprietor of King Agencies, with John King, retired, and Shirley M King.

In 1940 the directory lists J H King at 1606 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists James H King there as the householder, a circulation at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Irene King at 1763 Nelson Street.

Today

1235 Nelson and 1606 Nelson still have their buildings from before 1946, 1235 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1763 Nelson (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1138 Nelson and 1160 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1235 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Kings

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.