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A family name on East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Wilson at five addresses in 1940, all on East 10th Avenue, 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

    55 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Francis W Wilson, an embalmer at Harron Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Hutchinson at 25 and St Giles Un Ch at 85. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    453 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G W Wilson, a salesman 1940
    • Doug H Wilson, a salesman at Twigg Island Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Close at 425 and Army (Officers Quarters) Salvation at 461. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    570 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R B Wilson 1940
    • Sarah Wilson, widow of R S 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Acutt at 554 and L B Pantages at 578. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1380 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • N McK Wilson, a department manager at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Sowden at 1376. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1721 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Wilson, of Wilson & McNeill 1940
    • Victor T Wilson, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Groves at 1731. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a salesman (2), a decorator, a department manager and an embalmer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis W Wilson at 55 East 10th Avenue, an embalmer at Harron Bros. G W Wilson is listed at 453 East 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 George W Wilson there as the householder, a salesman, with Doug H Wilson, a salesman at Twigg Island Dairy.

R B Wilson is listed at 570 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert B Wilson there as the householder, with Sarah Wilson, widow of R S. N McK Wilson is listed at 1380 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Neil McK Wilson there as the householder, a department manager at Spencer's.

J H Wilson is listed at 1721 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H Wilson there as the householder, of Wilson & McNeill, with Victor T Wilson, a decorator.

Today

453 East 10th and 1380 East 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 55 East 10th (1994) and 570 East 10th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1721 East 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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

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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.