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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nevisons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses

The directories print seven people named Nevison at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Nevisons at 2986 West 7th in 1940.

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Where the Nevisons 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

    1956 Linden Road

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A A Nevison 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Woodcock at 1968. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2986 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C E Nevison, a salesman at Storey & Campbell 1940
    • James H Nevison, a student 1940
    • John A Nevison, an attendant at the Shell Oil Service Station 1940
    • Joseph W Nevison 1940
    • Myrne B Nevison, a student at UBC 1940
    • Patrick R Nevison 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Kennett at 2982 and J H Menzies at 2990. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: an attendant and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kitsilano. 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 A Nevison at 1956 Linden Road; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). C E Nevison is listed at 2986 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Nevison there as the householder, a salesman at Storey & Campbell, with James H Nevison, a student, John A Nevison, an attendant at the Shell Oil Service Station, Joseph W Nevison, Myrne B Nevison, a student at UBC, and Patrick R Nevison.

Today

2986 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1956 Linden Road, 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

The book of the Nevisons

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.