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A family name on East 11th 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 11th 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 most under one roof: three Wilsons at 244 East 11th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    244 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J R B Wilson, a carpenter 1940
    • Arthur B Wilson, who ran a service station and garage 1940
    • Bessie M Wilson, a clerk at Pioneer Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Amundsen at 228 and T J Dunstan at 246. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    624 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Wilson 1940
    • Jessie A Wilson, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Scott at 622 and W Bent at 630. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1121 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A W Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J F Shuttleton at 1137. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1376 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T M Wilson, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Dakin at 1368 and J S Martin at 1380. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1640 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • O M Wilson, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Skinner at 1638 and J Watson at 1654. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk (2), an accountant, a carpenter, a driver and a service station and garage.

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

In 1940 the directory lists J R B Wilson at 244 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John R B Wilson there as the householder, a carpenter, with Arthur B Wilson, who ran a service station and garage, and Bessie M Wilson, a clerk at Pioneer Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists R Wilson at 624 East 11th Avenue; 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 Robert Wilson there as the householder, with Robert Wilson Jr, and Jessie A Wilson, a clerk at Imperial Oil.

In 1940 the directory lists A W Wilson at 1121 East 11th Avenue. T M Wilson is listed at 1376 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas M Wilson there as the householder, an accountant.

O M Wilson is listed at 1640 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Otis M Wilson there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage.

Today

624 East 11th, 1376 East 11th and 1640 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1121 East 11th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 244 East 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.