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A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Williams at five addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, with the close spelling Willams. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1537 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Eliza Williams, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C A Gill at 1531 and V E Phelps at 1553. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1757 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs L M Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Lysell at 1755 and H Robinson at 1759. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1784 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C J Williams, a checker at the Union Steamship Company 1940
    • Norma M Williams, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Wigley at 1776. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2137 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W White at 2161. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2322 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs Jennie Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Moore at 2316. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a checker and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (5). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eliza Williams at 1537 East 11th Avenue, widow of A. Mrs L M Williams is listed at 1757 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lyda M Williams there as the householder.

C J Williams is listed at 1784 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clarence J Williams there as the householder, a checker at the Union Steamship Company, with Norma M Williams, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto. J Williams is listed at 2137 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Williams there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jennie Williams at 2322 East 11th Avenue.

Today

1537 East 11th and 2322 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2137 East 11th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1757 East 11th and 1784 East 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.