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A family name on East 12th 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 12th 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 261 East 12th 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    261 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J M Wilson, a cleaner at Royal Trust 1940
    • John H Wilson, a warehouseman for J F Mussenden 1940
    • Joseph H Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Burrows at 251 and F E Bentley at 265. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    628 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Dr B H Wilson, widow of T 1940
    • Percy M Wilson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rae at 622 and Mrs G Henry at 636. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    833 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W A Wilson, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Sims at 829 and J H Lanphier at 857. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1117 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W E Wilson, a planerman at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V I Clayton at 1111 and A Dunlop at 1129. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1363 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Wilson, an engineer at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Fenton at 1353 and G Thomas at 1369. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a cleaner, an engineer, a physician, a planerman, a postman and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (4) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 M Wilson at 261 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph M Wilson there as the householder, a cleaner at Royal Trust, with John H Wilson, a warehouseman for J F Mussenden, and Joseph H Wilson. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs Dr B H Wilson at 628 East 12th 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 Belle H Wilson there as the householder, widow of T, with Percy M Wilson, a physician.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Wilson at 833 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William A Wilson there as the householder, a postman. In 1940 the directory lists W E Wilson at 1117 East 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Edward Wilson there as the householder, a planerman at R & H Sawmill.

In 1940 the directory lists W Wilson at 1363 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Wilson there as the householder, an engineer at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing.

Today

628 East 12th, 833 East 12th, 1117 East 12th and 1363 East 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 261 East 12th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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.