A family name on East 1st Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Williams at three addresses in 1940, all on East 1st 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
- 1
1949 East 1st Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- William Williams, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Bk of Com Vaults at 1943 and W E Baillie at 1961. The block, door by door
- 2
2820 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D G Williams, a boomman 1940
Next door in 1940: S E Petty at 2816 and A D Wyllie at 2828. The block, door by door
- 3
3225 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- L Williams, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: L J McKenzie at 3215 and J E Meek at 3233. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a boomman, a laborer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 William Williams at 1949 East 1st Avenue, a salesman. D G Williams is listed at 2820 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David G Williams there as the householder, a boomman.
L Williams is listed at 3225 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Williams there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
1949 East 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3225 East 1st (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2820 East 1st, 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.
- Williams Wm slsmn1949 East 1st, p. 663
- Williams D G2820 East 1st, p. 173
- Williams David G boomn2820 East 1st, p. 661
- Williams L3225 East 1st, p. 173
- Williams Leonard lab3225 East 1st, p. 662
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.