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A family name on East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Wilson at five addresses in 1940, all on East 8th 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

    406 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Rev G H Wilson 1940
    • Rev Canon George H Wilson, a rector at the St Michael's Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Conn at 420. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    464 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Hodgins at 462 and Mrs E A Little at 468. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    919 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • M Wilson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J L Cole at 909. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    956 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G A Wilson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Roth at 950 and E A Castonguay at 960. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2073 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Jean Wilson, a housekeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Shindell at 2065 and A C Simpson at 2087. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a driver, a housekeeper and a rector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (4) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Rev G H Wilson at 406 East 8th 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 Rev Canon George H Wilson there as the householder, a rector at the St Michael's Church. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Wilson at 464 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

M Wilson is listed at 919 East 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Math Wilson there as the householder, a carpenter. G A Wilson is listed at 956 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George A Wilson there as the householder, a driver.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jean Wilson at 2073 East 8th Avenue, a housekeeper.

Today

464 East 8th and 2073 East 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 406 East 8th, 919 East 8th and 956 East 8th, 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, 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.