A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Olivers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Oliver at three addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, with the close spellings Olivier and Olver. 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 50 other streets too, all listed on the Oliver name's own page.
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Where the Olivers lived
- 1
1230 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Jean Oliver 1940
- Mary H Oliver, a branch manager for B M Clarke 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Engvick at 1222 and R T Ross at 1236. The block, door by door
- 2
1733 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- John Oliver, a patrolman at Citizen's Night Patrol 1940
Next door in 1940: W Fieldhouse at 1729 and Miss M M Hood at 1737. The block, door by door
- 3
1857 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs T Oliver, rooms to let 1940
- Evelyn M Oliver 1940
Next door in 1940: sandringham (the) at 1853 and westwood (the) at 1873. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a branch manager and a patrolman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Jean Oliver at 1230 Nelson Street, with Mary H Oliver, a branch manager for B M Clarke. The 1940 name section lists John Oliver at 1733 Nelson Street, a patrolman at Citizen's Night Patrol, with John R Oliver. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs T Oliver, rooms to let, at 1857 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn M Oliver there.
Today
1230 Nelson (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1733 Nelson and 1857 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Oliver Mrs Jean1230 Nelson, p. 470
- Oliver Mary H br mgr B M Clarke1230 Nelson, p. 470
- Oliver John patrolmn Citizen's Night Patrol1733 Nelson, p. 470
- Oliver John R1733 Nelson, p. 470
- Oliver Mrs T rooms1857 Nelson, p. 119
- Oliver Evelyn M1857 Nelson, p. 470
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Olivers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Oliver 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.
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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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.