A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Williams at two addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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
1165 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- T J A Williams, who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M H Ross at 1163 and A R Benson at 1167. The block, door by door
- 2
1345 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Miss R N Williams, rooms to let 1940
- Ruth N Williams, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Julien at 1337. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a school teacher.
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 T J A Williams, rooms to let, at 1165 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas J A Williams there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists Miss R N Williams, rooms to let, at 1345 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Ruth N Williams there, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver.
Today
1345 Comox (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1165 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williams T J A rooms1165 Comox, p. 35
- Williams Thos J A rooms1165 Comox, p. 663
- Williams Miss R N rooms1345 Comox, p. 35
- Williams Ruth N sch tchr Van City &1345 Comox, 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.