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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wilkinsons

In the city directories 1940 · 72 addresses on 60 streets

The directories print the Wilkinson name at 72 addresses on 60 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Wilkinsons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown10 addresses
  2. West End10 addresses
  3. Kitsilano9 addresses
  4. West Point Grey6 addresses
  5. Fairview5 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  7. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  8. Shaughnessy4 addresses
  9. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  10. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Killarney2 addresses
  14. Oakridge2 addresses
  15. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Riley Park1 address
  18. Strathcona1 address
  19. Sunset1 address
  20. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

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  1. 1
    Robson StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: Eleanor M Wilkinson, John Wilkinson and Marie Wilkinson, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West BroadwayThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: F J Wilkinson, R E Wilkinson and Ruth Wilkinson
    1940
  3. 3
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Fairview and Shaughnessy; two people: F Wilkinson and Sadie Wilkinson
    1940
  4. 4
    Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Jean Wilkinson and Mrs Mabel Wilkinson
    1940
  5. 5
    Wellington AvenueTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; four people: F L Wilkinson, H Wilkinson and Dorothy I Wilkinson, and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: Mrs M Wilkinson, W L Wilkinson and Norman Wilkinson
    1940
  7. 7
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: Mrs E Wilkinson, F Amie Wilkinson and John W Wilkinson, and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: A Wilkinson, S Wilkinson and Eleanor D Wilkinson, and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: L H Wilkinson and R Wilkinson
    1940
  10. 10
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: F C Wilkinson
    1940
  11. 11
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: Charles Wilkinson
    1940
  12. 12
    Balsam StreetOne address in Arbutus Ridge; one person: Hugo P Wilkinson
    1940

48 more streets, by name: Beach Avenue (1), Burrard Street (1), Butler Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Cheyenne Avenue (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Larch Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Osler Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Vine Street (1), Water Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 54th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 72 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 19 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 30; each street's page names them.

The book of the Wilkinsons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.