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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nickollses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Nickolls at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Nickols. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Nickollses at 1963 East 6th in 1940.

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Where the Nickollses 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

    1108 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Nickolls, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Warbrick at 1120. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1935 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C C F Nickols, an assistant accountant at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nesbitt at 1929 and W G Stinson at 1953. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1963 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Nickols, a painter 1940
    • Hazel J Nickols, a stenographer at the National Association of Marine Engineers 1940
    • Margaret Nickols, an operator at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: N McCormack at 1955 and A N Frost at 1975. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6368 Quebec Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J H Nickolls, a painter 1940
    • Betty H Nickolls, a hairdresser 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fraser at 6356 and A L McLellan at 6380. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a painter (2), an assistant accountant, a hairdresser, an operator, an orderly and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset. 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 A Nickolls at 1108 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Nickolls there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Agnes R Nickolls, a seamstress. In 1940 the directory lists C C F Nickols at 1935 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cyril C F Nickols there as the householder, an assistant accountant at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists A Nickols, a painter, at 1963 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Nickols there, a painter, with Hazel J Nickols, a stenographer at the National Association of Marine Engineers, and Margaret Nickols, an operator at Gault Bros. In 1940 the directory lists J H Nickolls at 6368 Quebec Street; 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 James H Nickolls there as the householder, a painter, with Betty H Nickolls, a hairdresser.

Today

1108 East 19th, 1963 East 6th and 6368 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946; 1935 East 5th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Nickollses

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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.