A family name on Homer Street, Downtown
The Nelsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Nelson at four addresses in 1940, all on Homer Street, 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
545 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Fred Nelson, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: Burrard Elec & Radio at 539 and Trade Engraving Co at 547. The block, door by door
- 2
805 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Henry Nelson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Bridgman at 807. The block, door by door
- 3
977 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Eva Nelson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M O'Connor at 969 and G A Donald at 983. The block, door by door
- 4
1247 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Joseph Nelson 1940
Next door in 1940: glenholm apts at 1241 and Clark Bros at 1251. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Fred Nelson at 545 Homer Street, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Henry Nelson at 805 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Eva Nelson at 977 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Nelson at 1247 Homer Street.
Today
1247 Homer (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 545 Homer, 805 Homer and 977 Homer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nelson Fred lngshmn545 Homer, p. 455
- Nelson Henry805 Homer, p. 456
- Nelson Eva977 Homer, p. 455
- Nelson Jos1247 Homer, 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.