A family name on West Cordova Street, Downtown
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 West Cordova 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
9 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Louis Nelson, proprietor of the Boulder Rooms 1940
- V Nelson, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: Royal Bk at 1 and fred's barber shop at 15. The block, door by door
- 2
21 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Alex Neilson, a waiter at the Stanley Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: D Carrick at 19. The block, door by door
- 3
75 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- N Nelson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: B Izen at 73 and Atlantic Cafe at 79. The block, door by door
- 4
85 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Andrew Nelson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Princess Tailors & Clnrs Ltd at 81 and R M Parsons at 93. The block, door by door
- 5
177 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ole Nelson, a cook at Burnaby Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodrich B F Rubber at 175. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cook, a logger, a proprietor and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 Louis Nelson at 9 West Cordova Street, proprietor of the Boulder Rooms, with V Nelson, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Alex Neilson at 21 West Cordova Street, a waiter at the Stanley Hotel. The 1940 name section lists N Nelson at 75 West Cordova Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Nelson at 85 West Cordova Street, retired.
The 1940 name section lists Ole Nelson at 177 West Cordova Street, a cook at Burnaby Cafe.
Today
9 West Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 21 West Cordova, 75 West Cordova, 85 West Cordova and 177 West Cordova, 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 Louis prop Boulder Rooms9 West Cordova, p. 456
- Nelson V logr9 West Cordova, p. 456
- Neilson Alex waiter Stanley Hotel21 West Cordova, p. 455
- Nelson N retired75 West Cordova, p. 456
- Nelson Andw retired85 West Cordova, p. 455
- Nelson Ole cook Burnaby Cafe177 West Cordova, p. 456
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.