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A family name on Beatrice Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview

The Williamsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Williamson at three addresses in 1940, all on Beatrice 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. 1

    6121 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J K Williamson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Williamson at 6127. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6127 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Williamson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Williamson at 6121 and F D Whitehead at 6143. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6134 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • A Williamson, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Cogdell at 6112 and W W Martin at 6142. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a carpenter, a laborer and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (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

In 1940 the directory lists J K Williamson at 6121 Beatrice 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John K Williamson there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists W Williamson at 6127 Beatrice Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Williamson there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists A Williamson at 6134 Beatrice Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Williamson there as the householder, a painter.

Today

6121 Beatrice (2010) and 6127 Beatrice (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6134 Beatrice, so that building is 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Williamsons

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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.