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A family name on Dundas Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Wilson at three addresses in 1940, all on Dundas 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

    2169 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Arthur W Wilson 1940
    • William Wilson, proprietor of Quality Shoe Repairing Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Alexandra Hotel at 2167 and E W Young at 2171. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2235 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Faith Wilson, a saleswoman at Carrie's Dress Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Matsubayashi at 2225 and Mrs J Norman at 2259. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2785 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Wilson, a sub manager at the Province 1940
    • Molly W Wilson, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Bayliss at 2781 and E J Cooke at 2797. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a proprietor, a saleswoman, a school teacher and a sub manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Arthur W Wilson at 2169 Dundas Street, with William Wilson, proprietor of Quality Shoe Repairing Shop. The 1940 name section lists Faith Wilson at 2235 Dundas Street, a saleswoman at Carrie's Dress Shop. The 1940 name section lists J Wilson at 2785 Dundas Street, a sub manager at the Province, with Molly W Wilson, a school teacher.

Today

2235 Dundas and 2785 Dundas still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2169 Dundas, so that building is 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.