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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nelleses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Nelles at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Nelless. 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 Nelleses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    364 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W J Nelless, a watchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Wyborn at 356 and G Lindberg at 370. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1616 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W J Nelless, a musician 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nicholl at 1606 and R Y Belin at 1630. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1437 Minto Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dr T R B Nelles 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Fletcher at 1411 and J Lafon at 1461. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1585 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ruth O Nelles, a saleswoman at Birks 1940

    Next door in 1940: aleeta (the) at 1575 and H E Selman at 1595. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1361 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Cath B Nellies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E N Lavature at 1359 and Miss H B Fralick at 1371. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T R B Nelles, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a musician, a saleswoman and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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

In 1940 the directory lists W J Nelless at 364 East 24th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Nelless there as the householder, a watchman. In 1940 the directory lists W J Nelless at 1616 East 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Nelless there as the householder, a musician.

In 1940 the directory lists Dr T R B Nelles at 1437 Minto Crescent; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ruth O Nelles at 1585 West 14th Avenue, a saleswoman at Birks. The 1940 name section lists Cath B Nellies at 1361 West 8th Avenue. T R B Nelles, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940.

Today

364 East 24th and 1585 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1437 Minto Crescent (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1616 East 3rd, 1361 West 8th and 925 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Nelleses

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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.