A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The Watsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Watson at two addresses in 1940, all on Quebec Street. 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: three Watsons at 3484 Quebec 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
3484 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- A G Watson 1940
- Jack Watson, a carpet layer for B Madsen 1940
- Magnus Watson, an apprentice for A G Jaffray 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L M McDonald at 3472 and Rev F G Fowler at 3496. The block, door by door
- 2
3870 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J H Watson, an operator at Leckie 1940
Next door in 1940: V H Audley at 3850 and S J Nelson at 3890. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an apprentice, a carpet layer and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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 A G Watson at 3484 Quebec Street; 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 Alex G Watson there as the householder, with Jack Watson, a carpet layer for B Madsen, and Magnus Watson, an apprentice for A G Jaffray. In 1940 the directory lists J H Watson at 3870 Quebec Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph H Watson there as the householder, an operator at Leckie.
Today
3484 Quebec and 3870 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Watson A G3484 Quebec, p. 138
- Watson Alex G3484 Quebec, p. 644
- Watson Jack carpet layer B Madsen3484 Quebec, p. 644
- Watson Magnus appr A G Jaffray3484 Quebec, p. 644
- *Watson J H3870 Quebec, p. 138
- Watson Jos H opr Leckie3870 Quebec, p. 644
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.