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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Nicholsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Nicholson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1507 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T M Nicholson, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cosy Nook Cafe at 1509. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2356 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J M Nicholson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Dowling at 2346 and C St L Nott at 2366. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2740 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J G Nicholson, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Masson at 2730 and D M Tod at 2754. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3780 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M Nicholson, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Bowden at 3768 and T H D Lundy at 3792. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an accountant, a carpenter, a clerk and a dentist.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 T M Nicholson at 1507 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists T Myles Nicholson there as the householder, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists J M Nicholson at 2356 West 12th 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 John M Nicholson there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists J G Nicholson at 2740 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John G Nicholson there as the householder, an accountant. In 1940 the directory lists M Nicholson at 3780 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm Nicholson there as the householder, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Today

1507 West 12th, 2356 West 12th, 2740 West 12th and 3780 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 3780 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Nicholsons

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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.