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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nicholsons

In the city directories 1940 · 73 addresses on 59 streets

The directories print the Nicholson name at 73 addresses on 59 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Nicholsons 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. Downtown10 addresses
  2. Kitsilano8 addresses
  3. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  8. West End5 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  10. Fairview3 addresses
  11. Riley Park3 addresses
  12. West Point Grey3 addresses
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  15. Killarney2 addresses
  16. Sunset2 addresses
  17. Marpole1 address
  18. Strathcona1 address
  19. 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
    West 12th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: J G Nicholson, J M Nicholson, M Nicholson and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Triumph StreetThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J D Nicholson, M Nicholson and E W Nicholson
    1940
  3. 3
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: Herbert C Nicholson and Margaret M E Nicholson
    1940
  4. 4
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; two people: Alex Nicholson and William Nicholson
    1940
  5. 5
    Hamilton StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; four people: D Nicholson, Frank J Nicholson, Nicholson (no first name printed) and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Frances Nicholson and James Nicholson
    1940
  7. 7
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Edward V Nicholson and John Nicholson
    1940
  8. 8
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; three people: Mrs C Nicholson, W H Nicholson and Don G Nicholson
    1940
  9. 9
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; two people: Florence Nicholson and Ruth Nicholson
    1940
  10. 10
    West 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: L E Nicholson and Mrs M Nicholson
    1940
  11. 11
    West 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: P J Nicholson, Edith C Nicholson and Ida Nicholson
    1940
  12. 12
    Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: J H Nicholson
    1940

47 more streets, by name: Angus Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Connaught Drive (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Crown Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), Graveley Street (1), Homer Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Napier Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Richards Street (1), Ross Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Tolmie Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Wales Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windermere Street (1), Yale Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 73 addresses, 31 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 25; each street's page names them.

The book of the Nicholsons

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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.