A family name on Dundas Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Nelsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Nelson at two addresses in 1940, all on Dundas Street, with the close spellings Neilson and Nielson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 134 other streets too, all listed on the Nelson name's own page.
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Where the Nelsons lived
- 1
2054 Dundas Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Charles Nelson, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: T Fujiwara at 2052 and R Kobayashi at 2072. The block, door by door
- 2
2167 Dundas Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Fidelis Nelson, widow of G 1940
- Nels Nelson 1940
Next door in 1940: Quality Shoe Repairing at 2169. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a cook. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 Charles Nelson at 2054 Dundas Street, a cook. The 1940 name section lists Fidelis Nelson at 2167 Dundas Street, widow of G, with Nels Nelson.
Today
2167 Dundas still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2054 Dundas, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nelson Chas cook2054 Dundas, p. 455
- Nelson Fidelis wid G2167 Dundas, p. 455
- Nelson Nels2167 Dundas, p. 456
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Nelsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Nelson 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.