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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Nelsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Nelson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, 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

    1596 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Nelson, who ran a service station 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2203 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A M Neilson, a shipper at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Meyer at 2227. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4013 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N H Nelson, a secretary-treasurer at Guernsey Breeders' Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Hotson at 4005 and Mrs K McCusker at 4021. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a secretary-treasurer, a service station and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 R Nelson at 1596 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rob Nelson there as the householder, who ran a service station. In 1940 the directory lists A M Neilson at 2203 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex M Neilson there as the householder, a shipper at Canadian Wind Bakeries.

In 1940 the directory lists N H Nelson at 4013 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norman H Nelson there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at Guernsey Breeders' Dairy.

Today

4013 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1596 West 14th (2000) and 2203 West 14th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Nelsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.