A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wilkins
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Wilkin at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wilkins at 1180 East 19th in 1940.
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Where the Wilkins lived
- 1
1180 East 19th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W E Wilkin, a driver 1940
- Ruth M Wilkin, an apprentice at Vancouver Dry Goods 1940
- William C Wilkin, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: S T A Parsons at 1160. The block, door by door
- 2
3087 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- F A Wilkin, an associate professor at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: H W McNeill at 3037. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, an associate professor, a driver and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kerrisdale. 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 W E Wilkin at 1180 East 19th 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 William E Wilkin there as the householder, a driver, with Ruth M Wilkin, an apprentice at Vancouver Dry Goods, and William C Wilkin, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists F A Wilkin at 3087 West 42nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Francis A Wilkin there as the householder, an associate professor at UBC.
Today
1180 East 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3087 West 42nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wilkin W E1180 East 19th, p. 228
- Wilkin Ruth M appr Van Dry Gds1180 East 19th, p. 660
- Wilkin Wm C sch tchr1180 East 19th, p. 660
- Wilkin Wm E drvr1180 East 19th, p. 660
- *Wilkin F A3087 West 42nd, p. 259
- Wilkin Francis A assoc prof UBC3087 West 42nd, p. 660
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wilkins
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.