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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nurses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Nurse at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Nourse. 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 Nurses 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

    670 East 30th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A E Nurse, proprietor of the Howard Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Morse at 656 and C W Way at 676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    722 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dora Nurse, a massage 1940

    Next door in 1940: birks building at 718 and Roselawn Ltd at 724. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3151 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Adele Nurse, a ladies massage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Academy of Useful Arts at 3149. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1290 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E A Nourse, widow of S W 1940
    • Helen J O Nourse, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Smith at 1276. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2526 West 35th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • R E Nourse, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Pellatt at 2502 and E H Smeeth at 2550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk, a ladies massage, a massage, an on active service and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown and Riley Park. 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 E Nurse at 670 East 30th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur E Nurse there as the householder, proprietor of the Howard Apartments. In 1940 the directory lists Dora Nurse, a massage, at 722 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Dora Nurse there, a massage.

In 1940 the directory lists Adele Nurse, a massage, at 3151 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Adele Nurse there, a ladies massage. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E A Nourse at 1290 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edith A Nourse there as the householder, widow of S W, with Helen J O Nourse, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists R E Nourse at 2526 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald E Nourse there as the householder, on active service.

Today

1290 West 13th (1960) and 2526 West 35th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 722 Granville and 3151 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 670 East 30th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.