A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Nicholsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Nicholson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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
607 West 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs C Nicholson, widow of D 1940
- Don G Nicholson, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Brown at 603 and J C Cosgrove at 609. The block, door by door
- 2
3356 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W H Nicholson, an electrician at Hume & Rumble 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Clohosey at 3346 and E E A Sankey at 3364. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an electrician and a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs C Nicholson at 607 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath Nicholson there as the householder, widow of D, with Don G Nicholson, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists W H Nicholson at 3356 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists William H Nicholson there as the householder, an electrician at Hume & Rumble.
Today
3356 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 607 West 11th, 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.
- Nicholson Mrs C607 West 11th, p. 203
- Nicholson Cath wid D607 West 11th, p. 459
- Nicholson Don G hlpr Van Genl Hosp607 West 11th, p. 459
- *Nicholson W H3356 West 11th, p. 204
- Nicholson Wm H electn Hume & Rumble3356 West 11th, p. 460
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.