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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Watsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Watson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

    108 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J W Watson, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lilley at 112. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    975 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Jessie Watson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Fitz-Henry at 965 and Mrs R McDonald at 985. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2248 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Watson, widow of P 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Hancock at 2244 and W A Aiken at 2250. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2256 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R P Watson, a route foreman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Aiken at 2250 and F F Jenvey at 2276. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3566 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs S O Watson, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F N Stott at 3550 and G Naughton at 3574. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3861 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C C Watson, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
    • Marjorie E Watson, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Green at 3853 and D Mackay at 3867. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk, a railway mail clerk, a route foreman and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Bank of Montreal. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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 W Watson at 108 West 14th 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 John W Watson there as the householder, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Watson at 975 West 14th Avenue.

Mrs A Watson is listed at 2248 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Annie Watson there as the householder, widow of P. R P Watson is listed at 2256 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Reginald P Watson there as the householder, a route foreman at Jersey Farms.

Mrs S O Watson is listed at 3566 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah O Watson there as the householder, widow of J. C C Watson is listed at 3861 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Watson there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal, with Marjorie E Watson, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal.

Today

975 West 14th and 2256 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 108 West 14th (1996), 3566 West 14th (1981) and 3861 West 14th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2248 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.