Vancouver / Names / N / Nott

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Notts

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at five addresses

The directories print 14 people named Nott at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Notts at 130 East 15th in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Notts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    130 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Nott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Alice L Nott, a boundary for A H Timms 1940
    • Arthur H Nott, a messenger 1940
    • Florence Nott 1940
    • Frank J Nott, a press feeder for A H Timms 1940
    • Violet N Nott 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Donald at 124 and Mrs S J Hall at 134. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5285 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G W Nott, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Crocker at 5251. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2186 Waverley Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • F J Nott, retired 1940
    • Harold L Nott, a checker 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Diamond at 2152. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2366 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C St L Nott, a clerk at the CPR 1940
    • Doris St L Nott, a stenographer at Fraser Transfer 1940
    • Phyllis St L Nott 1940
    • Vera St L Nott 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Nicholson at 2356 and J Edwards at 2376. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2973 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Nott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bailey at 2965 and E F Marsden at 2977. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 14: a conductor (2), a boundary, a checker, a clerk, a messenger and a press feeder, among others. Some worked for the same employer: two for A H Timms and two for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 J Nott at 130 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Nott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Alice L Nott, a boundary for A H Timms, Arthur H Nott, a messenger, Florence Nott, Frank J Nott, a press feeder for A H Timms, and Violet N Nott. In 1940 the directory lists G W Nott at 5285 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists George W Nott there as the householder, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart.

In 1940 the directory lists F J Nott at 2186 Waverley 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 Frederick J Nott there as the householder, retired, with Harold L Nott, a checker. In 1940 the directory lists C St L Nott at 2366 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles St L Nott there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR, with Doris St L Nott, a stenographer at Fraser Transfer, Phyllis St L Nott, and Vera St L Nott.

In 1940 the directory lists A J Nott at 2973 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Nott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

130 East 15th (1978), 2186 Waverley (1964), 2366 West 12th (2002) and 2973 West 35th (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5285 Nanaimo, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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 Notts

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Nott 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.