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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Nelsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Nelson at four addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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

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

    603 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Nelson, a carpenter 1940
    • Denage Nelson, who worked for the Dunsmuir Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McIntyre at 611. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    808 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E W Nelson, a cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: robson transfer at 806. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    952 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Neilson (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Huffman at 946 and C H Boycott at 956. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1070 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • O Nelson, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: I W Berry at 1068 and J H McDonald at 1074. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a carpenter, a cleaner and a mechanic.

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

In 1940 the directory lists S Nelson at 603 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sandy Nelson there as the householder, a carpenter, with Denage Nelson, who worked for the Dunsmuir Apartments. In 1940 the directory lists E W Nelson, a cleaner, at 808 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Elmer W Nelson there, a cleaner.

The 1940 name section lists Neilson (no first name printed) at 952 Hornby Street. O Nelson is listed at 1070 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Oscar Nelson there as the householder, a mechanic.

Today

The City no longer lists 603 Hornby, 808 Hornby, 952 Hornby and 1070 Hornby, 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

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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.