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A family name on East 64th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview

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 East 64th Avenue, 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

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

    1039 East 64th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F Nelson, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: N I Edwards at 1033 and R E Harper at 1049. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1842 East 64th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Miss A Nelson 1940
    • Amelia Nelson 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Coppard at 1834 and J Dangelmaier at 1876. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 F Nelson at 1039 East 64th 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 Frank Nelson there as the householder, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A Nelson at 1842 East 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Amelia Nelson there as the householder.

Today

1039 East 64th (1991) and 1842 East 64th (2017) have newer buildings, 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, street section

The book of the Nelsons

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.