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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Williams at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 10th 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

    405 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William C Williams, a caretaker at the Seventh Day Adventist Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Springett at 415. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    415 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Arthur Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Wells at 405. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1225 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R J Williams, a salesman 1940
    • John F Williams, a waiter at Sylvia Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: N O Arseneau at 1215 and A Berlet at 1235. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J Williams, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1775 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G A Williams, a helper at Garnham Engineering 1940
    • Thomas F Williams, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gibbons at 1765 and Mrs A McIntyre at 1785. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2996 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • P G Williams, a salesman at Crane 1940
    • Ernest F Williams, a clerk at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Coughlin at 2986. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4684 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N K Williams, a bookkeeper at BC Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A King at 4680 and Varsity Serv Sta at 4696. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a salesman (2), a bookkeeper, a caretaker, a clerk, an engineer and a helper, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant (2), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 C Williams at 405 West 10th Avenue, a caretaker at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Williams at 415 West 10th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists R J Williams at 1225 West 10th 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 R John Williams there as the householder, a salesman, with John F Williams, a waiter at Sylvia Court.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Williams at 1298 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs J Williams there as the householder, a widow. In 1940 the directory lists G A Williams at 1775 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gwilym A Williams there as the householder, a master mariner, with Gwilym A Williams Jr, a helper at Garnham Engineering, and Thomas F Williams, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists P G Williams at 2996 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy G Williams there as the householder, a salesman at Crane, with Ernest F Williams, a clerk at the Vancouver City School Board. In 1940 the directory lists N K Williams at 4684 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norman K Williams there as the householder, a bookkeeper at BC Packers.

Today

1298 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1225 West 10th (1956), 1775 West 10th (1984) and 2996 West 10th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 405 West 10th, 415 West 10th and 4684 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.