A family name on West 71st Avenue, Marpole
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 71st 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
- 1
677 West 71st Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- N C Nelson, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Stewart at 667 and Mrs M Myren at 685. The block, door by door
- 2
1202 West 71st Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- H C Neilson, a clerk at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: W W Cattermole at 1226. The block, door by door
- 3
1331 West 71st Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- H C Nielson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: C J Busterley at 1323 and W Davis at 1347. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (3). 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 N C Nelson at 677 West 71st Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Nels C Nelson there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists H C Neilson at 1202 West 71st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hans C Nielson there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR.
In 1940 the directory lists H C Nielson at 1331 West 71st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hans C Nielson there as the householder, retired.
Today
The City no longer lists 677 West 71st, 1202 West 71st and 1331 West 71st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Nelson N C677 West 71st, p. 272
- Nelson Nels C lab Can White Pine677 West 71st, p. 456
- *Neilson H C1202 West 71st, p. 272
- Nielson Hans C clk CPR1202 West 71st, p. 461
- Nielson H C1331 West 71st, p. 272
- Nielson Hans C retired1331 West 71st, p. 461
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Nelsons
Every directory, as one book
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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.