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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wilderses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Wilders 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 Wilderses 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

    1306 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H S Wilders, a sales manager at National Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Gillespie at 1310. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1636 West 63rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • D C L Wilders, a druggist at Owl Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Pearson at 1620 and T W McKee at 1642. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2286 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Wilders, an accountant 1940
    • Isobel Wilders, a stenographer at National Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Simington at 2282 and D L Frew at 2292. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an accountant, a druggist, a sales manager and a stenographer. Two of them worked for National Biscuit.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Marpole. 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 H S Wilders at 1306 Arbutus 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 H Stuart Wilders there as the householder, a sales manager at National Biscuit. In 1940 the directory lists D C L Wilders at 1636 West 63rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don C L Wilders there as the householder, a druggist at Owl Drug.

In 1940 the directory lists C Wilders at 2286 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Claude Wilders there as the householder, an accountant, with Isobel Wilders, a stenographer at National Biscuit.

Today

1636 West 63rd and 2286 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1306 Arbutus (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.