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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Watsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Watson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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 145 other streets too, all listed on the Watson name's own page.

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Where the Watsons 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

    1412 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J E Watson, a trainman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Clarke at 1414. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1666 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alice Watson, a maid for Mrs M W Crossley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Bain at 1656 and Mrs E McClellan at 1676. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4472 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D R Watson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R D Paton at 4466 and W C Eastman at 4478. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a maid and a trainman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and West Point Grey. 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 J E Watson at 1412 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John E Watson there as the householder, a trainman at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Alice Watson at 1666 West 11th Avenue, a maid for Mrs M W Crossley.

D R Watson is listed at 4472 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David R Watson there as the householder.

Today

4472 West 11th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1412 West 11th and 1666 West 11th, so those buildings are 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, street section

The book of the Watsons

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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.