A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Williamses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Williams at four addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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
11 West Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- B Williams, who worked for Boeing's 1940
Next door in 1940: Ann Shoppe Grace at 13. The block, door by door
- 2
1533 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- H R Williams, a manager at Windsor Court 1940
Next door in 1940: Holt's Dairy Lunch at 1523 and Sta D Postal at 1535. The block, door by door
- 3
1886 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- D J Williams, in mining 1940
Next door in 1940: madison (the) at 1876. The block, door by door
- 4
1915 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- G Williams, a foreman at BC Motor Transportation 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Burleigh at 1901 and J Spanier at 1925. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an employee, a foreman, a manager and a mining.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 B Williams at 11 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bernard Williams there as the householder, who worked for Boeing's. In 1940 the directory lists H R Williams at 1533 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Harry R Williams there as the householder, a manager at Windsor Court.
In 1940 the directory lists D J Williams at 1886 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Don J Williams there as the householder, in mining. In 1940 the directory lists G Williams at 1915 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Williams there as the householder, a foreman at BC Motor Transportation.
Today
11 West Broadway, 1886 West Broadway and 1915 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1533 West Broadway, so that building is 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.
- Williams B11 West Broadway, p. 16
- Williams Bernard emp Boeing's11 West Broadway, p. 661
- Williams H R1533 West Broadway, p. 18
- Williams Harry R mgr Windsor Ct1533 West Broadway, p. 662
- Williams D J1886 West Broadway, p. 18
- Williams Don J mining1886 West Broadway, p. 661
- Williams G1915 West Broadway, p. 18
- Williams Gordon formn BC Motor Trans1915 West Broadway, p. 662
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.