A family name on Broughton Street, West End
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Williams at two addresses in 1940, all on Broughton Street, with the close spelling Willams. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 186 other streets too, all listed on the Williams name's own page.
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Where the Williamses lived
- 1
823 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- F C Williams, a dispenser at the Devonshire Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Mullin at 821 and A Foden at 825. The block, door by door
- 2
886 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- William Williams, a delivery at Shilvock-Parks 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E I Skene at 874 and F F Butchers at 890. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a delivery and a dispenser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 F C Williams at 823 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick C Williams there as the householder, a dispenser at the Devonshire Hotel. The 1940 name section lists William Williams at 886 Broughton Street, a delivery at Shilvock-Parks.
Today
823 Broughton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 886 Broughton (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williams F C823 Broughton, p. 20
- Williams Fredk C dispenser Devonshire Hotel823 Broughton, p. 662
- Williams Wm del Shilvock-Parks886 Broughton, p. 663
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Williamses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Williams 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.