A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Nicholsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Nicholson at two addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. 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 58 other streets too, all listed on the Nicholson name's own page.
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Where the Nicholsons lived
- 1
159 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Nicholson, a news agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Common Gold Cafe at 151 and Balmoral Hotel Cigar Stand at 161. The block, door by door
- 2
235 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Alex Nicholson, a bridgeman for W Greenlees 1940
Next door in 1940: Old Empress Hotel at 237. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bridgeman and a news agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Strathcona. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Nicholson at 159 East Hastings Street, a news agent. The 1940 name section lists Alex Nicholson at 235 East Hastings Street, a bridgeman for W Greenlees.
Today
235 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; for 159 East Hastings, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Nicholson Wm news agt159 East Hastings, p. 460
- Nicholson Alex bridgemn W Greenlees235 East Hastings, p. 459
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Nicholsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Nicholson 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.