A family name on East 50th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
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 East 50th Avenue, 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
Fraserview
- 1
1948 East 50th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- A Williams, a sizerman at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: R M Booth at 1928 and J R Booth at 1976. The block, door by door
- 2
2251 East 50th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J E Williams, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: E C Swales at 2243 and F A Lenzen at 2259. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a sizerman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (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 A Williams at 1948 East 50th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Williams there as the householder, a sizerman at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists J E Williams at 2251 East 50th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John E Williams there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
2251 East 50th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 1948 East 50th (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Williams A1948 East 50th, p. 266
- Williams Albt sizermn Can White Pine1948 East 50th, p. 661
- *Williams J E2251 East 50th, p. 266
- Williams John E lab Van City2251 East 50th, p. 662
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.