A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Nagles
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Nagle at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Nagles lived
- 1
233 Abbott Street
Downtown, 1940
- Thomas Nagle, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Van Belt Works at 219 and Oland Rooms at 247. The block, door by door
- 2
1237 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss D Nagle 1940
- Doris Nagle, a waitress for Empire Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: E Wattum at 1225 and Mrs A M Boone at 1243. The block, door by door
- 3
4444 Collingwood Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- E S Nagle, a driver at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Gillett at 4432 and W J Rice at 4456. The block, door by door
- 4
1485 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J W Nagle, a manager at the Hathaway Apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: I C Finley at 1455. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a manager and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Fairview. 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 Thomas Nagle at 233 Abbott Street, retired. Miss D Nagle is listed at 1237 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Doris Nagle there as the householder, a waitress for Empire Cafe.
E S Nagle is listed at 4444 Collingwood Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Earl S Nagle there as the householder, a driver at Burns & Co. J W Nagle is listed at 1485 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jasper W Nagle there as the householder, a manager at the Hathaway Apartments.
Today
233 Abbott, 4444 Collingwood and 1485 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, 233 Abbott on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1237 Burrard (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nagle Thos retired233 Abbott, p. 452
- Nagle Miss D1237 Burrard, p. 22
- Nagle Doris waitress Empire Cafe1237 Burrard, p. 452
- Nagle E S4444 Collingwood, p. 32
- Nagle Earl S drvr Burns & Co4444 Collingwood, p. 452
- Nagle J W1485 West 13th, p. 212
- Nagle Jasper W mgr Hathaway Apts1485 West 13th, p. 452
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Nagles
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Nagle 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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.