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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Williams at six addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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

    196 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C S Williams 1940
    • Percy A Williams, a salesman at Armstrong & Laing 1940

    Next door in 1940: L R Bridgman at 192. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    501 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Robert W B Williams, a cleaner at Royal Trust 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Miller at 555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    844 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Millicent Williams, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr M B Campbell at 836 and Mrs B McIntyre at 856. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1345 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Henry Williams, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Jackson at 1337 and Mrs M Johnston at 1355. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1536 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G W Williams, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Adam at 1512 and santa monica at 1546. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4014 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C S Williams, a chief chemist at Macdonald & Macdonald 1940
    • Bernice M S Williams, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Wolrige at 4006 and D M Denholm at 4022. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a chief chemist, a cleaner, a salesman and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Mount Pleasant 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C S Williams at 196 West 12th 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 Mrs Charlotte S Williams there as the householder, with Percy A Williams, a salesman at Armstrong & Laing. The 1940 name section lists Robert W B Williams at 501 West 12th Avenue, a cleaner at Royal Trust. The 1940 name section lists H Millicent Williams at 844 West 12th Avenue, widow of A.

The 1940 name section lists Henry Williams at 1345 West 12th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists G W Williams at 1536 West 12th Avenue, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists C S Williams at 4014 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril S Williams there as the householder, a chief chemist at Macdonald & Macdonald, with Bernice M S Williams, a student.

Today

196 West 12th, 501 West 12th, 1536 West 12th and 4014 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 501 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 844 West 12th and 1345 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.