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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Watsons

In the city directories 1940 · 227 addresses on 146 streets

The directories print the Watson name at 227 addresses on 146 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Watsons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown27 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage25 addresses
  3. West End24 addresses
  4. Kitsilano21 addresses
  5. Fairview18 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland14 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant13 addresses
  8. Riley Park12 addresses
  9. Dunbar-Southlands10 addresses
  10. West Point Grey9 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
  13. Strathcona6 addresses
  14. Sunset6 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge5 addresses
  16. Kerrisdale5 addresses
  17. Killarney5 addresses
  18. South Cambie5 addresses
  19. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  20. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  21. Marpole2 addresses

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Nelson StreetSix addresses in West End; seven people: D Watson, Mrs M Watson, R Watson and four more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 14th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: C C Watson, J W Watson, Mrs A Watson and four more
    1940
  3. 3
    West Hastings StreetFive addresses in Downtown; five people: J Y Watson, Miss C A Watson, Mrs Aileen M Watson and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: F Watson, Mrs Lizzie Watson, W P Watson and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: Kath Watson, Mrs M Lucille Watson, Watson (no first name printed) and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    Main StreetFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; seven people: Mrs M Watson, Alice C Watson, G C Watson and four more
    1940
  7. 7
    Richards StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: W Watson, J F Watson, Mrs Mary Watson and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    West 5th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; five people: A M Watson, J Watson, Mrs W Watson and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    East 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: D Watson, R W Watson and A R Watson
    1940
  10. 10
    Hornby StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: R Watson, Alfred M Watson and Mary Watson
    1940
  11. 11
    Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: H S Watson, Mrs F M Watson and Clara Watson
    1940
  12. 12
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: D R Watson, J E Watson and Alice Watson
    1940

134 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Adanac Street (1), Alder Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (2), Beach Avenue (1), Berkeley Street (1), Burrard Street (2), Bute Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Chester Street (1), Clarendon Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (2), Commercial Street (1), Connaught Drive (1), Copley Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Culloden Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (2), East 13th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (2), East 24th Avenue (2), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (2), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (2), East 50th Avenue (2), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (2), East 8th Avenue (2), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Elm Street (1), Fir Street (1), Fleming Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Gore Avenue (1), Gothard Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Heather Street (2), Hemlock Street (2), Homer Street (1), John Street (2), Keefer Street (2), Lakewood Drive (1), Larch Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Macdonald Street (2), Marguerite Street (1), Melville Street (2), Montcalm Street (1), Napier Street (2), Nicola Street (2), Oak Street (2), Ormidale Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prior Street (1), Quebec Street (2), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sherbrooke Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Turner Street (2), Vanness Avenue (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (3), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (3), West 17th Avenue (3), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (2), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (3), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 60th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (3), West 9th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (3), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Woodland Drive (2), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 227 addresses, 85 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 54 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 87; each street's page names them.

The book of the Watsons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.