A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Williams at four addresses in 1940, all on West 16th 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
- 1
731 West 16th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Frank Williams, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: M Slakov at 729 and Mrs G A Fryer at 735. The block, door by door
- 2
3527 West 16th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Albert G Williams, a waiter 1940
Next door in 1940: D A Ferguson at 3515 and W H George at 3535. The block, door by door
- 3
3836 West 16th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- D Williams, a millworker at Alberta Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: A Elliot at 3830 and W A Hill at 3842. The block, door by door
- 4
4487 West 16th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- L R Williams, a machinist operator at the Province 1940
- Ruth E Williams, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Myers at 4483. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a machinist operator, a millworker, a salesman and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 Frank Williams at 731 West 16th Avenue, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Albert G Williams at 3527 West 16th Avenue, a waiter. The 1940 name section lists D Williams at 3836 West 16th Avenue, a millworker at Alberta Lumber.
L R Williams is listed at 4487 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists L Russell Williams there as the householder, a machinist operator at the Province, with Ruth E Williams, a student at UBC.
Today
3527 West 16th, 3836 West 16th and 4487 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 731 West 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williams Frank slsmn Can Bkries731 West 16th, p. 662
- Williams Albt G waiter3527 West 16th, p. 661
- Williams D mlwkr Alberta Lbr3836 West 16th, p. 661
- Williams L R4487 West 16th, p. 224
- Williams L Russell mach opr Province4487 West 16th, p. 662
- Williams Ruth E studt UBC4487 West 16th, p. 663
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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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.