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A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Williams at three addresses in 1940, all on West 24th 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 most under one roof: three Williamses at 3710 West 24th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2748 West 24th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E L Williams, a salesman at Superior Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Livsey at 2720 and T D Christie at 2760. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3585 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R E Williams, a clerk at General Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Jaffray at 3581. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3710 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Williams, a school teacher 1940
    • Edward R Williams 1940
    • Laurence M Williams, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S P Alexander at 3728. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 E L Williams at 2748 West 24th 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 Ernest L Williams there as the householder, a salesman at Superior Stores. In 1940 the directory lists R E Williams at 3585 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roy E Williams there as the householder, a clerk at General Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists A Williams at 3710 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Williams there as the householder, a school teacher, with Edward R Williams, and Laurence M Williams, a student at UBC.

Today

The City no longer lists 2748 West 24th, 3585 West 24th and 3710 West 24th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.