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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nessenbaums

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Nessenbaum at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Nissenbaum. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Nessenbaums 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

    1595 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Nessenbaum, proprietor of Handy Second Hand Store 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Anthony at 1585. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1346 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • B Nissenbaum, proprietor of Eagle Mill & Logging 1940
    • Sarah R Nissenbaum 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Evans at 1336 and Mrs R O McFarlane at 1356. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    59 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • P Nessenbaum, a junk peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Germyn at 53 and A Wendt at 65. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a proprietor (2) and a junk peddler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 A Nessenbaum at 1595 East 4th 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 Anek Nessenbaum there as the householder, proprietor of Handy Second Hand Store. In 1940 the directory lists B Nissenbaum at 1346 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ben Nissenbaum there as the householder, proprietor of Eagle Mill & Logging, with Bella Nissenbaum, a stenographer at Eagle Mill & Logging, and Sarah R Nissenbaum.

In 1940 the directory lists P Nessenbaum at 59 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter Nessenbaum there as the householder, a junk peddler.

Today

1346 West 13th (1960) and 59 West 7th (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1595 East 4th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.