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A family name on Pendrell Street, West End

The Nelsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Nelson at five addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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

    1118 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Sadie Nelson, proprietor of Phillips Beauty Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: oliver at 1116 and R Davison at 1120. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1163 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Nelson 1940

    Next door in 1940: K B Foyster at 1159 and E J Orr at 1169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1246 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gertrude Nelson, widow of J L 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Mitchell at 1242 and D H Withers at 1254. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1761 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss A M Neilson 1940
    • Annie M Neilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Dunning at 1755. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2051 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • D Nelson, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G E Carlisle at 2047 and C Helliar at 2057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a patrolman and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Mrs Sadie Nelson at 1118 Pendrell Street, proprietor of Phillips Beauty Salon. The 1940 name section lists George Nelson at 1163 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude Nelson at 1246 Pendrell Street, widow of J L.

Miss A M Neilson is listed at 1761 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Annie M Neilson there as the householder. D Nelson is listed at 2051 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Nelson there as the householder, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph.

Today

1163 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1118 Pendrell, 1246 Pendrell, 1761 Pendrell and 2051 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Nelsons

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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.