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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The Moores

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Moore at three addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, with the close spelling More. 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 142 other streets too, all listed on the Moore name's own page.

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Where the Moores 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

    1115 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Sheila Moore 1940
    • Thomas Moore, a helper at the Belmont Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Davis at 1111 and W A Campbell at 1117. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1853 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H C Moore, a salesman for W M Gow 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Cupper at 1835 and Mrs T Oliver at 1857. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1872 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Desmond D Moore 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L E Fowler at 1860. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a helper and a salesman.

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 Sheila Moore at 1115 Nelson Street, with Thomas Moore, a helper at the Belmont Hotel. H C Moore is listed at 1853 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold C Moore there as the householder, a salesman for W M Gow. The 1940 name section lists Desmond D Moore at 1872 Nelson Street.

Today

1115 Nelson (1969) and 1872 Nelson (1959) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1853 Nelson, so that building is 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 1115 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Moores

Every directory, as one book

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.