A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
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 Dunbar 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
- 1
3993 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Dr W A Wilson 1940
- Margaret A Wilson, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: A G Lindsay at 3955. The block, door by door
- 2
4534 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W A Wilson, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Realty Southlands at 4528 and Dunbar Plmbg at 4538. The block, door by door
- 3
5851 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C E Wilson, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr F S Hobbs at 5829 and Miss F I Higginbotham at 5869. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3). 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 Dr W A Wilson at 3993 Dunbar 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 Wallace Wilson there, with Margaret A Wilson, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists W A Wilson, a physician, at 4534 Dunbar Street.
C E Wilson is listed at 5851 Dunbar Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence E Wilson there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
3993 Dunbar (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4534 Dunbar and 5851 Dunbar, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wilson Dr W A3993 Dunbar, p. 45
- Wilson Margt A sten3993 Dunbar, p. 666
- Wilson Wallace3993 Dunbar, p. 667
- Wilson W A phys4534 Dunbar, p. 45
- *Wilson C E5851 Dunbar, p. 45
- Wilson Clarence E eng5851 Dunbar, 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.