A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Nelsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Nelson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd Avenue, with the close spellings Neilson and Nielson. 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 134 other streets too, all listed on the Nelson name's own page.
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Where the Nelsons lived
- 1
153 East 2nd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Roy Nelson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: L Gentile at 151 and P Barre at 155. The block, door by door
- 2
2439 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs M Nelson, widow of E 1940
- Annie Nelson 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Baker at 2445. The block, door by door
- 3
3341 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F Nelson, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: B M Hill at 3335 and C Martin at 3347. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Roy Nelson at 153 East 2nd Avenue, a laborer. Mrs M Nelson is listed at 2439 East 2nd 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 Martha Nelson there as the householder, widow of E, with Annie Nelson.
F Nelson is listed at 3341 East 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Nelson there as the householder, a driver.
Today
3341 East 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 2439 East 2nd (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 153 East 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nelson Roy lab BCE Power & Gas153 East 2nd, p. 456
- *Nelson Mrs M2439 East 2nd, p. 175
- Nelson Annie2439 East 2nd, p. 455
- Nelson Martha wid E2439 East 2nd, p. 456
- Nelson F3341 East 2nd, p. 175
- Nelson Fredk drvr3341 East 2nd, p. 455
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.