A family name on Haro Street, West End
The Watsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Watson at four addresses in 1940, all on Haro 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 145 other streets too, all listed on the Watson name's own page.
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Where the Watsons lived
- 1
1175 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M Lucille Watson, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M K Milliken at 1165 and 11 listings at 1185. The block, door by door
- 2
1649 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Watson (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: L E B Carpenter at 1643 and C S Hobbs at 1657. The block, door by door
- 3
1650 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Kath Watson 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Stelfox at 1648 and Mrs M C Wooldridge at 1652. The block, door by door
- 4
1906 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- William Watson, a foreman at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J Abbott at 1918. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a foreman and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Mrs M Lucille Watson at 1175 Haro Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Watson (no first name printed) at 1649 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Kath Watson at 1650 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists William Watson at 1906 Haro Street, a foreman at the CPR.
Today
1906 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; 1175 Haro (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1649 Haro and 1650 Haro, 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.
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.