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A family name on East 14th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Wilson at five addresses in 1940, all on East 14th 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. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Myrtle M Wilson, widow of W A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B McLennan at 12. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1033 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E G Wilson, who worked for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Dickey at 1027 and J Douglas at 1041. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1292 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R S Wilson, a driver at United Milling & Grain 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Dawson at 1284. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1765 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Lamb at 1763 and A N Higham at 1779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1811 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A G A Wilson, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Chappell at 1803 and Mrs S Newberg at 1819. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, an employee and a postman. 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 Myrtle M Wilson at 6 East 14th Avenue, widow of W A. E G Wilson is listed at 1033 East 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edwin G Wilson there as the householder, who worked for Kelly Douglas.

R S Wilson is listed at 1292 East 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard S Wilson there as the householder, a driver at United Milling & Grain. Mrs E Wilson is listed at 1765 East 14th 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).

In 1940 the directory lists A G A Wilson at 1811 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur G A Wilson there as the householder, a postman.

Today

1765 East 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 1033 East 14th (2015) and 1811 East 14th (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6 East 14th and 1292 East 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.