A family name on Vine Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Nicholses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Nichols at two addresses in 1940, all on Vine Street, with the close spellings Nicholls, Nicholas and Nicholles. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
2020 Vine Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J H Nichols, proprietor of Jacks Billiards 1940
Next door in 1940: vine lodge at 2030. The block, door by door
- 2
2690 Vine Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs E H Nichols, widow of C P 1940
- Elmer Le R Nichols, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: T H Lee at 2674. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 J H Nichols at 2020 Vine Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Nichols there as the householder, proprietor of Jacks Billiards. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E H Nichols at 2690 Vine Street. The 1940 name section lists Emma H Nichols there as the householder, widow of C P, with Elmer Le R Nichols, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
2020 Vine still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2690 Vine, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Nicholses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Nichols 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.