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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Wilson at four addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    830 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McDonald at 836. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    904 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Eola Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Parham at 902 and Thea Equip Supp at 906. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1153 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Wilson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McDonald at 1147 and H B Roberts at 1157. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1750 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • A C Wilson, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Tutte at 1748 and A A Crowston at 1752. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Wilson at 830 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Eola Wilson at 904 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists George Wilson at 1153 Davie Street, retired.

A C Wilson is listed at 1750 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur C Wilson there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

904 Davie (1975) and 1750 Davie (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 830 Davie and 1153 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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.