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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Williamsons

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at three addresses

The directories print eleven people named Williamson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: five Williamsons at 150 West 14th in 1940. 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

    150 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R G Williamson, a transfer 1940
    • Annabelle Williamson, an accountant at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation 1940
    • Lillian G Williamson, a domestic 1940
    • Loretta E Williamson, a dispatcher for R G Williamson 1940
    • Patricia Williamson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Donald at 144 and W O'Rourke at 156. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1025 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A P W Williamson, proprietor of A P W Williamson & Co 1940
    • Kathleen C Williamson, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940
    • Marien A Williamson, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Turpin at 1035. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4473 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G S H Williamson, an agent for Mutual Life 1940
    • Eva M Williamson, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Jean E Williamson, a stenographer at Consolidated Optical 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Ekman at 4459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all eleven: a stenographer (3), an accountant, an agent, a dispatcher, a domestic and a nurse, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 R G Williamson at 150 West 14th Avenue; 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 Robert G Williamson there as the householder, a transfer, with Annabelle Williamson, an accountant at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation, Lillian G Williamson, a domestic, Loretta E Williamson, a dispatcher for R G Williamson, and Patricia Williamson, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists A P W Williamson at 1025 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew P W Williamson there as the householder, proprietor of A P W Williamson & Co, with Kathleen C Williamson, a stenographer at the BC Government, and Marien A Williamson, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation.

In 1940 the directory lists G S H Williamson at 4473 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George S H Williamson there as the householder, an agent for Mutual Life, with Eva M Williamson, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Jean E Williamson, a stenographer at Consolidated Optical.

Today

4473 West 14th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 150 West 14th and 1025 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.