A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Williamsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Williamson at three addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spelling Williamsen. 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 63 other streets too, all listed on the Williamson name's own page.
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Where the Williamsons lived
- 1
1032 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Murray E Williamson, a stock keeper at Coast Distributor 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Cook at 1028 and W Nixon at 1036. The block, door by door
- 2
1172 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Henry Williamson, a clerk at the Canadian Australasian Line 1940
Next door in 1940: florida (the) at 1170 and Miss E H M Baillie at 1176. The block, door by door
- 3
1225 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs S A Williamson, widow of A 1940
- Muriel M Williamson, a stenographer at Beck & Grimmett 1940
Next door in 1940: selkirk annex at 1213 and Miss L M Davies at 1231. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a stenographer and a stock keeper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Murray E Williamson at 1032 Barclay Street, a stock keeper at Coast Distributor. The 1940 name section lists Henry Williamson at 1172 Barclay Street, a clerk at the Canadian Australasian Line. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S A Williamson at 1225 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists S Alice Williamson there as the householder, widow of A, with Muriel M Williamson, a stenographer at Beck & Grimmett.
Today
1172 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1225 Barclay (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1032 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williamson Murray E stock kpr Coast Distrib1032 Barclay, p. 663
- Williamson Henry clk Can Aust Line1172 Barclay, p. 663
- Williamson Mrs S A1225 Barclay, p. 8
- Williamson Muriel M sten Beck & Grimmett1225 Barclay, p. 663
- Williamson S Alice wid A1225 Barclay, p. 663
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Williamsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Williamson 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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Another name, or a house
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.