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A family name on West 36th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Williamses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Williams at four addresses in 1940, all on West 36th 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. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2935 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H S Williams, a manager at Williams Concrete 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Scott at 2925 and F B B Jolliffe at 2945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3707 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T A Williams, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Faulkes at 3725. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3757 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R Williams, a district foreman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Iris E M Williams, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Stilwell at 3741 and J Diggle at 3775. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3876 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Williams, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Arthur F Williams, a delivery 1940

    Next door in 1940: S H McElwain at 3866 and A L Craig at 3886. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter (2), a delivery, a district foreman, a manager and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 H S Williams at 2935 West 36th 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 Henry S Williams there as the householder, a manager at Williams Concrete. In 1940 the directory lists T A Williams at 3707 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Williams there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists R Williams at 3757 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Williams there as the householder, a district foreman at the City of Vancouver, with Iris E M Williams, a nurse. In 1940 the directory lists H Williams at 3876 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Williams there as the householder, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway, with Arthur F Williams, a delivery.

Today

3707 West 36th and 3876 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2935 West 36th (2015) and 3757 West 36th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Williamses

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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.