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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nansons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Nanson at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Nansons 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

    291 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Nanson 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Misumi at 293. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2708 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W H F Nanson, a director at Nanson Rothwell & Co 1940
    • Francis G Nanson, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Crawford at 2732. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a director.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Strathcona. 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 A Nanson at 291 East Georgia Street. W H F Nanson is listed at 2708 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists William H F Nanson there as the householder, a director at Nanson Rothwell & Co, with Francis G Nanson, a student.

Today

291 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2708 West 33rd (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Nansons

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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.