A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Nicholses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Nichols at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spellings Nicholls, Nicholas and Nicholles. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Nicholses at 8626 Granville in 1940. The directories print the name on 52 other streets too, all listed on the Nichols name's own page.
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Where the Nicholses lived
- 1
2731 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- W N Nichols, in sporting goods 1940
Next door in 1940: Sunon Market at 2723 and Mrs F MacKinnon at 2733. The block, door by door
- 2
2774 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- Frederick C Nichols, a baker at Canadian Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: Donaldson's at 2764 and Mrs E A Carrothers at 2776. The block, door by door
- 3
8626 Granville Street
Marpole, 1940
- W H Nicholls, an engineer at Sterling Lumber 1940
- May Nicholls 1940
- W Cecil Nicholls, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Clark at 8656. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a baker, an engineer and a millworker. Two of them worked for Sterling Lumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Marpole. 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 W N Nichols, in sporting goods, at 2731 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick C Nichols at 2774 Granville Street, a baker at Canadian Bakeries. In 1940 the directory lists W H Nicholls at 8626 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists William H Nicholls there as the householder, an engineer at Sterling Lumber, with May Nicholls, and W Cecil Nicholls, a millworker at Sterling Lumber.
Today
2774 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2731 Granville and 8626 Granville, 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.
- Nichols W N sporting goods2731 Granville, p. 68
- Nichols Fredk C baker Can Bkries2774 Granville, p. 459
- Nicholls W H8626 Granville, p. 69
- Nicholls May8626 Granville, p. 459
- Nicholls W Cecil mlwkr Sterling Lbr8626 Granville, p. 459
- Nicholls Wm H eng Sterling Lbr8626 Granville, p. 459
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Nicholses
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.