A family name on East 24th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Watsons
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses
The directories print seven people named Watson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 24th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Watsons at 760 East 24th in 1940. The directories print the name on 145 other streets too, all listed on the Watson name's own page.
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Where the Watsons lived
- 1
760 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Miss M A Watson 1940
- Myrtle A Watson, who worked for the CN Institute 1940
- Grace I Watson, a school teacher 1940
- John M Watson, a laborer at Eburne Sawmill 1940
- Pearl M Watson, a school teacher 1940
- Wesley J Watson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: E Webb at 764. The block, door by door
- 2
946 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R J Watson, a musician 1940
Next door in 1940: W J McKinnon at 932 and J Saddler at 980. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a school teacher (2), an employee, a laborer and a musician. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
In 1940 the directory lists Miss M A Watson at 760 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Myrtle A Watson there as the householder, who worked for the CN Institute, with Grace I Watson, a school teacher, John M Watson, a laborer at Eburne Sawmill, Pearl M Watson, a school teacher, and Wesley J Watson, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R J Watson at 946 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Roderick J Watson there as the householder, a musician.
Today
760 East 24th and 946 East 24th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Watson Miss M A760 East 24th, p. 238
- Watson Grace I sch tchr Van City760 East 24th, p. 644
- Watson John M lab Eburne Sawmill760 East 24th, p. 644
- Watson Myrtle A emp CN Inst760 East 24th, p. 645
- Watson Pearl M sch tchr Van City760 East 24th, p. 645
- Watson Wesley J retired760 East 24th, p. 645
- Watson R J946 East 24th, p. 238
- Watson Rodk J musician946 East 24th, p. 645
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Watsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Watson 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.