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A family name on Cartier Street, Marpole, Shaughnessy and Oakridge

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Wilson at three addresses in 1940, all on Cartier Street, with the close spelling Willson. 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 224 other streets too, all listed on the Wilson name's own page.

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Where the Wilsons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6090 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • A Gordon Wilson, proprietor of Mighty Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: D S Mansell at 6070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7977 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Elsie M Wilson, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: D H Grant at 7949. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8741 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs M V Wilson, widow of G W 1940
    • Harold A Wilson, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Porter at 8725 and W A Cartledge at 8757. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2) and Oakridge. 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 A Gordon Wilson at 6090 Cartier Street, proprietor of Mighty Co. The 1940 name section lists Elsie M Wilson at 7977 Cartier Street, widow of A. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M V Wilson at 8741 Cartier 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 lists Mary V Wilson there as the householder, widow of G W, with Harold A Wilson, a student.

Today

7977 Cartier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 6090 Cartier (1992) and 8741 Cartier (1958) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 8741 Cartier: no archive photo of the 8700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Wilsons

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.