A family name on East 44th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Wilsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wilson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 44th Avenue, with the close spelling Willson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
449 East 44th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- A H Wilson, a warehouseman at the Northern Electric 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Lacey at 437 and W D Addison at 457. The block, door by door
- 2
3375 East 44th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- J Wilson, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940
- William A Wilson, a messenger at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: L L Jamieson at 3369 and O A Day at 3395. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a laborer, a messenger and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for Burns & Co.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney and Sunset. 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 A H Wilson at 449 East 44th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert H Wilson there as the householder, a warehouseman at the Northern Electric. In 1940 the directory lists J Wilson at 3375 East 44th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Wilson there as the householder, a laborer at Burns & Co, with William A Wilson, a messenger at Burns & Co.
Today
449 East 44th (1986) and 3375 East 44th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wilson A H449 East 44th, p. 260
- Wilson Albt H whsmn Northern Elec449 East 44th, p. 665
- Wilson J3375 East 44th, p. 261
- Wilson Jas lab Burns & Co3375 East 44th, p. 666
- Wilson Wm A msngr Burns & Co3375 East 44th, p. 668
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wilsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wilson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.