A family name on Haro Street, West End
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Williams at two addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street, 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 most under one roof: three Williamses at 1915 Haro in 1940. 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
1023 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs A Williams, a helper at the Talk of the Town Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Brinkhurst at 1021 and C W Maddison at 1025. The block, door by door
- 2
1915 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Miss M M Williams 1940
- R Williams, a salesman 1940
- Marguerite M Williams, a clerk at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a helper and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Mrs A Williams at 1023 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Agnes Williams there as the householder, a helper at the Talk of the Town Cafe.
In 1940 the directory lists R Williams at 1915 Haro Street. By 1940 it is Miss M M Williams. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Williams there as the householder, a salesman, with Marguerite M Williams, a clerk at the Vancouver Hotel, and Mrs Marion Williams.
Today
1915 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1023 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williams Mrs A1023 Haro, p. 71
- Williams Mrs Agnes hlpr Talk of the Town Cafe1023 Haro, p. 661
- Williams Miss M M1915 Haro, p. 72
- Williams R1915 Haro, p. 72
- Williams Marguerite M clk Van Hotel1915 Haro, p. 662
- Williams Mrs Marion1915 Haro, p. 662
- Williams Regd slsmn1915 Haro, 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.