A family name on Grant Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Williams at three addresses in 1940, all on Grant Street, 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
1649 Grant Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Robert J Williams, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: W Hilton at 1637. The block, door by door
- 2
2754 Grant Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H F Williams, a painter 1940
- Marian Williams, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning 1940
Next door in 1940: D Bonnycastle at 2750 and Mrs M Costanzo at 2760. The block, door by door
- 3
3022 Grant Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Williams, a miner 1940
Next door in 1940: E Stonnell at 3016 and J Scali at 3028. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer, a miner, an operator and a painter.
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 Robert J Williams at 1649 Grant Street, a laborer. H F Williams, a painter, is listed at 2754 Grant Street in 1940; 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 Harry F Williams there, a painter, with Marian Williams, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning.
J Williams is listed at 3022 Grant Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Williams there as the householder, a miner.
Today
1649 Grant still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2754 Grant (1980) and 3022 Grant (1974) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williams Robt J lab1649 Grant, p. 662
- *Williams H F pntr2754 Grant, p. 61
- Williams Harry F pntr2754 Grant, p. 662
- Williams Marian opr Jones Tent & Awning2754 Grant, p. 662
- *Williams J3022 Grant, p. 61
- Williams John miner3022 Grant, 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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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.