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A family name on Clark Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Wilson at two addresses in 1940, all on Clark Drive, 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 most under one roof: four Wilsons at 3529 Clark Drive in 1940. 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2716 Clark Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F P Wilson, an engineer at Dominion Construction 1940
    • Edward P Wilson, a student 1940
  2. 2

    3529 Clark Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D Wilson, a stenographer 1940
    • James R Wilson, a school teacher 1940
    • Margaret Wilson, a packer at Hedlunds 1940
    • William A Wilson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J B Gammie at 3535. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an engineer, a packer, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 F P Wilson at 2716 Clark Drive; 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 F Pardoe Wilson there as the householder, an engineer at Dominion Construction, with Edward P Wilson, a student. In 1940 the directory lists D Wilson at 3529 Clark Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David Wilson there as the householder, a carpenter, with David Wilson Jr, a stenographer, James R Wilson, a school teacher, Margaret Wilson, a packer at Hedlunds, and William A Wilson, a student at UBC.

Today

2716 Clark Drive and 3529 Clark Drive still have their buildings from before 1946.

Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive
About 1926 Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive. Taken where the 3500 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 3529 Clark Drive. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 96-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.