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A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset

The Williamsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Williamson at three addresses in 1940, all on Quebec 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2905 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ellen Williamson, widow of J 1940
    • Phyllis K Williamson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Eligh at 2931. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4204 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M C M Williamson, widow of W 1940
    • Ernest Williamson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Redgrave at 4214. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4472 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T F Williamson, a laborer at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Lovitt at 4464. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a laborer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ellen Williamson at 2905 Quebec Street, widow of J, with Phyllis K Williamson. Mrs M C M Williamson is listed at 4204 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary C N Williamson there as the householder, widow of W, with Ernest Williamson.

T F Williamson is listed at 4472 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas F Williamson there as the householder, a laborer at Alberta Lumber.

Today

4204 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4472 Quebec (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2905 Quebec, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 4204 Quebec: no archive photo of the 4200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Williamsons

Every directory, as one book

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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.