A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
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 Georgia Street, 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
300 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Thomas Williams, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Churchill at 304. The block, door by door
- 2
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- D H Williams, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs G M B Williams, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
- 4
1329 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss M A Williams 1940
- Maude A Williams, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: G Johnson at 1315 and Mrs M Livesey at 1357. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Williams at 300 West Georgia Street, a seaman. D H Williams, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G M B Williams at 1040 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gertrude M B Williams there as the householder, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
In 1940 the directory lists Miss M A Williams at 1329 West Georgia Street; 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 lists Maude A Williams there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
300 West Georgia (1995) and 1040 West Georgia (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia and 1329 West Georgia, so those buildings are 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 Thos seamn300 West Georgia, p. 663
- Williams D H phys925 West Georgia, p. 58
- Williams Mrs G M B1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- Williams Mrs Gertrude M B slswm Spencers1040 West Georgia, p. 662
- *Williams Miss M A1329 West Georgia, p. 58
- Williams Maude A sch tchr Van City1329 West Georgia, p. 662
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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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.