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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wilchinskis

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Wilchinski at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Wilchinskis lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6185 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Benjamin Wilchinski, a framer at Hardwood Chair 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Anderton at 6173. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4625 Earles Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E W Wilchinski, a band sawman at Advance Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Porter at 4641. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    625 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Wilchinski, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Tough at 615 and N L Smith at 655. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a band sawman, a carpenter and a framer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Benjamin Wilchinski at 6185 Chester Street, a framer at Hardwood Chair. E W Wilchinski is listed at 4625 Earles Street in 1940; 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 lists E Walter Wilchinski there as the householder, a band sawman at Advance Manufacturing.

A Wilchinski is listed at 625 East 48th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Adolph Wilchinski there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

6185 Chester and 625 East 48th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4625 Earles (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Wilchinskis

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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.