A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 7th 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 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
1163 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- L Williamson, a groundsman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Berryman at 1155 and Mrs J Bell at 1167. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
4576 West 7th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- John H Williamson, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: H D McLean at 4564 and T B Witherspoon at 4586. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a groundsman and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano 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 L Williamson at 1163 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard Williamson there as the householder, a groundsman. The 1940 name section lists Jessie E M Williamson at 3622 West 7th Avenue, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists John H Williamson at 4576 West 7th Avenue, a student at UBC.
Today
3622 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1163 West 7th (1978) and 4576 West 7th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Williamson L1163 West 7th, p. 191
- Williamson Leonard groundsmn1163 West 7th, p. 663
- Williamson Jessie E M sch tchr Van City3622 West 7th, p. 663
- Williamson John H studt UBC4576 West 7th, p. 663
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.