A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Watsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Watson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2334 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- James W Watson, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: T W Stodart at 2326 and Mrs A V Dart at 2346. The block, door by door
- 2
4370 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- R Watson, a manager at Kitsilano Fuel Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Reid at 4362 and R B Eaton at 4378. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James W Watson at 2334 West 2nd Avenue, a clerk. R Watson is listed at 4370 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Watson there, a manager at Kitsilano Fuel Supplies.
Today
The City no longer lists 2334 West 2nd and 4370 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Watson Jas W clk C P Com2334 West 2nd, p. 644
- Watson R4370 West 2nd, p. 177
- Watson Robt mgr Kitsilano Fuel Supp4370 West 2nd, p. 645
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.