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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Lawsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Lawson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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 48 other streets too, all listed on the Lawson name's own page.

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Where the Lawsons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    410 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Wilfred Lawson, a driver at Beatty Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Coleman at 426. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1272 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Lawson, a butcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Gill at 1266 and Mrs E Yegl at 1290. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2804 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C H Lawson, an artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Walters at 2812. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an artist, a butcher and a driver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Wilfred Lawson at 410 West 12th Avenue, a driver at Beatty Bros. G Lawson is listed at 1272 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Lawson there as the householder, a butcher.

C H Lawson is listed at 2804 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl H Lawson there as the householder, an artist.

Today

410 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1272 West 12th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2804 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Lawsons

Every directory, as one book

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.