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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nimmonses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Nimmons at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Nimmonses 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

    4166 Crown Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G R Nimmons 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H M Hood at 4158 and Mrs A I Thomson at 4170. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    817 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G R Nimmons, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Deb Shop at 809 and Can Bank of Commerce at 819. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    917 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W R Nimmons, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lenk at 915 and W G Field at 923. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) 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 G R Nimmons at 4166 Crown Crescent; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). G R Nimmons, a dentist, is listed at 817 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists W R Nimmons, rooms to let, at 917 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William R Nimmons there, who kept rooms to let.

Today

4166 Crown Crescent (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 817 Granville and 917 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Nimmonses

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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.