A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Swansons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Swanson at two addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street, with the close spelling Swainson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 50 other streets too, all listed on the Swanson name's own page.
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Where the Swansons lived
- 1
1112 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Esther M Swanson, a stenographer at Bell Macnaghten & Munn 1940
Next door in 1940: M Rousseau at 1110 and A Halward at 1120. The block, door by door
- 2
1225 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E N Swanson, widow of P 1940
Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 Esther M Swanson at 1112 Nelson Street, a stenographer at Bell Macnaghten & Munn. Mrs E N Swanson is listed at 1225 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor N Swanson there as the householder, widow of P.
Today
1225 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1112 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Swanson Esther M sten Bell Macnaghten & Munn1112 Nelson, p. 598
- Swanson Mrs E N1225 Nelson, p. 119
- Swanson Eleanor N wid P1225 Nelson, p. 598
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Swansons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Swanson 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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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.