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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Williamsons

In the city directories 1940 · 89 addresses on 64 streets

The directories print the Williamson name at 89 addresses on 64 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Williamsen. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Williamsons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End10 addresses
  2. Downtown9 addresses
  3. Mount Pleasant9 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands8 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage8 addresses
  6. Kitsilano8 addresses
  7. Victoria-Fraserview8 addresses
  8. Hastings-Sunrise7 addresses
  9. Strathcona5 addresses
  10. Fairview4 addresses
  11. Riley Park3 addresses
  12. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  14. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  15. West Point Grey2 addresses
  16. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Robson StreetFive addresses in Downtown and West End; six people: Miss I E Williamson, Mrs Constance Williamson, Robert Williamson and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Barclay StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: Mrs S A Williamson, Henry Williamson, Muriel M Williamson and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Beatrice StreetThree addresses in Victoria-Fraserview; three people: A Williamson, J K Williamson and W Williamson
    1940
  4. 4
    East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; three people: George Williamson, H Williamson and James Williamson
    1940
  5. 5
    Main StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Mount Pleasant; four people: R Williamson, Alex Williamson, Henry S Williamson and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    Quebec StreetThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; five people: Mrs M C M Williamson, T F Williamson, Ellen Williamson and two more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; eleven people: A P W Williamson, G S H Williamson, R G Williamson and eight more
    1940
  8. 8
    West 7th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: L Williamson, Jessie E M Williamson and John H Williamson
    1940
  9. 9
    East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: F D Williamson and Mrs J Williamson
    1940
  10. 10
    Powell StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: James Williamson and W Williamson
    1940
  11. 11
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; six people: A Williamson, H R Williamson, Elsie Williamson and three more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: J Williamson, J C Williamson and Gretchen Williamson
    1940

52 more streets, by name: Balsam Street (1), Beatty Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Connaught Drive (1), Cypress Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Pender Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Gothard Street (1), Guelph Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Henry Street (1), Homer Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Larch Street (1), Nootka Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Turner Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 89 addresses, 31 still have their buildings from before 1946, 23 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 35; each street's page names them.

The book of the Williamsons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.