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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nicholses

In the city directories 1940 · 58 addresses on 53 streets

The directories print the Nichols name at 58 addresses on 53 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Nicholls, Nicholas and Nicholles. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Nicholses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano12 addresses
  2. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  3. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  5. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  6. Riley Park4 addresses
  7. Sunset4 addresses
  8. Downtown3 addresses
  9. Fairview3 addresses
  10. West End3 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  12. Marpole2 addresses
  13. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  14. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. Shaughnessy1 address
  17. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetThree addresses in Fairview and Marpole; five people: W H Nicholls, Frederick C Nichols, May Nicholls and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    Vine StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: J H Nichols, Mrs E H Nichols and Elmer Le R Nichols
    1940
  3. 3
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: Mrs H E Nichols and R A Nichols
    1940
  4. 4
    West 4th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: G H Nichols, W H Nichols, Betty Nichols and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; three people: W K Nichols, David R Nichols and Flora E Nichols
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: W Paul F Nichols
    1940
  7. 7
    Charles StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; two people: F J Nichols and Frederick S Nichols
    1940
  8. 8
    Collingwood StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: F E Nichols and Ken Nichols
    1940
  9. 9
    Cypress StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: Anne Nicholls
    1940
  10. 10
    Davie StreetOne address in West End; one person: Charles S Nicholls
    1940
  11. 11
    Dundas StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Harry Nichols
    1940
  12. 12
    East 10th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; three people: C G Nicholls, John W Nichols and Norman P Nicholls
    1940

41 more streets, by name: East 14th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Fleming Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Grant Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), Maple Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oak Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 58 addresses, 21 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 24; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under N. Want a name removed? Tell us.