A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Scotts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Scott at four addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street. 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 173 other streets too, all listed on the Scott name's own page.
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Where the Scotts lived
- 1
403 Nelson Street
Downtown, 1940
- Roy Scott, a driver at Ideal Delivery System 1940
Next door in 1940: J Savage at 407. The block, door by door
- 2
1028 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Victor J Scott, a telephone operator at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: St Andrew's Wesley Hall at 1020 and F E Rice at 1030. The block, door by door
- 3
1268 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- George D Scott, an accountant at Scott-Foster 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E McEwan at 1256 and Miss E M Whitehead at 1270. The block, door by door
- 4
1740 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Robert D Scott, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: H H Flowerdew at 1730 and C E Brettall at 1750. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an accountant, a driver, a seaman and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3) and Downtown. 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 Roy Scott at 403 Nelson Street, a driver at Ideal Delivery System. The 1940 name section lists Victor J Scott at 1028 Nelson Street, a telephone operator at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government. The 1940 name section lists George D Scott at 1268 Nelson Street, an accountant at Scott-Foster. The 1940 name section lists Robert D Scott at 1740 Nelson Street, a seaman.
Today
The City no longer lists 403 Nelson, 1028 Nelson, 1268 Nelson and 1740 Nelson, 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.
- Scott Roy drvr Ideal Del System403 Nelson, p. 549
- Scott Victor J tel opr Shaugh Hosp Can Govt1028 Nelson, p. 549
- Scott Geo D acct Scott-Foster1268 Nelson, p. 548
- Scott Robt D seamn1740 Nelson, p. 549
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Scotts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Scott 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.