A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Wilkinsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Wilkinson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd Avenue. 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 Wilkinsons at 2285 West 3rd in 1940. The directories print the name on 59 other streets too, all listed on the Wilkinson name's own page.
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Where the Wilkinsons lived
- 1
2285 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs E Wilkinson, widow of J W 1940
- F Amie Wilkinson, a school teacher 1940
- John W Wilkinson 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Pearce at 2277. The block, door by door
- 2
2546 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Wilkinson (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Wight at 2544 and A C Roberts at 2556. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 Mrs E Wilkinson at 2285 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth Wilkinson there as the householder, widow of J W, with F Amie Wilkinson, a school teacher, and John W Wilkinson. The 1940 name section lists Wilkinson (no first name printed) at 2546 West 3rd Avenue.
Today
2546 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2285 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wilkinson Mrs E2285 West 3rd, p. 179
- Wilkinson Eliz wid J W2285 West 3rd, p. 660
- Wilkinson F Amie sch tchr Van City2285 West 3rd, p. 660
- Wilkinson John W2285 West 3rd, p. 660
- Wilkinson Mrs —2546 West 3rd, p. 660
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wilkinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wilkinson 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.