A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The Nelsons
In the city directories 1940–1945 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Nelson at three addresses between 1940 and 1945, all on Quebec 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
- 2
3890 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- S J Nelson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Watson at 3870. The block, door by door
- 3
2637 Quebec Street
Mount Pleasant, 1945
- O Nelson 1945
Next door in 1945: H Ewert at 2631. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a motorman and a sawyer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Riley Park. 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 John Nelson at 1962 Quebec Street, a sawyer at Alberta Lumber. S J Nelson is listed at 3890 Quebec Street in 1940; 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 Sam J Nelson there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. O Nelson is listed at 2637 Quebec Street in 1945.
Today
3890 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1962 Quebec, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 2637 Quebec, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nelson John sawyer Alberta Lbr1962 Quebec, p. 456
- *Nelson S J3890 Quebec, p. 138
- Nelson Sam J mtrmn BCER3890 Quebec, p. 456
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
- Nelson O2637 Quebec, p. 128
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.