A family name on Balaclava Street, Kitsilano, Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale
The Wilsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wilson at two addresses in 1940, all on Balaclava Street, with the close spelling Willson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 224 other streets too, all listed on the Wilson name's own page.
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Where the Wilsons lived
- 1
2676 Balaclava Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J L Wilson, an engineer at the CPR 1940
- Alice V Wilson, a stenographer at Lewis Piano House 1940
Next door in 1940: E C Branston at 2660 and A J Mitchell at 2690. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer, a proprietor and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 L Wilson at 2676 Balaclava 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 Jack L Wilson there as the householder, an engineer at the CPR, with Alice V Wilson, a stenographer at Lewis Piano House. In 1940 the directory lists C H Wilson at 4175 Balaclava Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Wilson there as the householder, proprietor of Crowe & Wilson Chambers.
Today
2676 Balaclava still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 4175 Balaclava (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wilson J L2676 Balaclava, p. 7
- Wilson Alice V sten Lewis Piano House2676 Balaclava, p. 665
- Wilson Jack L eng CPR2676 Balaclava, p. 666
- *Wilson C H4175 Balaclava, p. 7
- Wilson Chas H prop Crowe & Wilson Chambers4175 Balaclava, p. 665
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wilsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wilson 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.