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A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Williams at three addresses in 1940, all on East 28th 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

    143 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Williams, a laborer at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
    • Elizabeth Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Johnson at 125 and A S Bottrell at 159. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2105 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Williams, in meats 1940
    • Lenora K Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Cummings at 2127. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2446 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • T Williams, a driver 1940
    • Evan T Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Pike at 2438 and H W Randall at 2452. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a driver, a laborer and a meats.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 J Williams at 143 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack Williams there as the householder, a laborer at the Vancouver Parks Board, with Elizabeth Williams. In 1940 the directory lists E J Williams at 2105 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Edwin J Williams there as the householder, in meats, with Lenora K Williams.

In 1940 the directory lists T Williams at 2446 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Williams there as the householder, a driver, with Evan T Williams.

Today

143 East 28th and 2446 East 28th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2105 East 28th (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, street section

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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.