A family name on Kitchener Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Nelsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Nelson at two addresses in 1940, all on Kitchener 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
2546 Kitchener Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T E Neilson, a painter at Ford Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Layfield at 2530 and R Fleming at 2556. The block, door by door
- 2
2840 Kitchener Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- G S Nelson, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: R Spalding at 2828 and J E Poulin at 2854. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a longshoreman and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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
In 1940 the directory lists T E Neilson at 2546 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas E Neilson there as the householder, a painter at Ford Motor. In 1940 the directory lists G S Nelson at 2840 Kitchener Street; 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 George S Nelson there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
2546 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2840 Kitchener, so that building is 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.
- Neilson T E2546 Kitchener, p. 99
- Neilson Thos E pntr Ford Motor2546 Kitchener, p. 455
- *Nelson G S2840 Kitchener, p. 100
- Nelson Geo S lngshmn2840 Kitchener, p. 455
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.