A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
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 Larch Street, 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
Ridge
- 1
5586 Larch Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Rev T Wilson, retired 1940
- George C Wilson 1940
Next door in 1940: S D Griffiths at 5574 and R H Fortune at 5592. The block, door by door
- 2
6026 Larch Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- S Wilson, a manager at Wilson Night Patrol 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E M Taylor at 6006 and Mrs S A Large at 6050. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale. 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 T Wilson at 5586 Larch Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rev Thomas Wilson there as the householder, retired, with George C Wilson. In 1940 the directory lists S Wilson at 6026 Larch Street; 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 Syd Wilson there as the householder, a manager at Wilson Night Patrol.
Today
5586 Larch still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6026 Larch, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wilson Rev T5586 Larch, p. 102
- Wilson Geo C5586 Larch, p. 665
- Wilson Rev Thos retired5586 Larch, p. 667
- *Wilson S6026 Larch, p. 102
- Wilson Syd mgr Wilson Night Patrol6026 Larch, p. 667
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.