A family name on Olympic Street, Dunbar-Southlands
The Wilsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Wilson at two addresses in 1940, all on Olympic 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Wilsons lived
- 1
5512 Olympic Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Kathleen Wilson, a domestic for H E Simmons 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Mather at 5538. The block, door by door
- 2
5866 Olympic Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H T Wilson, a secretary at Vancouver Granite 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Jeffrey at 5844 and J A Lindsay at 5888. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a domestic and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 Kathleen Wilson at 5512 Olympic Street, a domestic for H E Simmons. H T Wilson is listed at 5866 Olympic Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry T Wilson there as the householder, a secretary at Vancouver Granite.
Today
5512 Olympic and 5866 Olympic still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wilson Kathleen dom H E Simmons5512 Olympic, p. 666
- Wilson H T5866 Olympic, p. 122
- Wilson Henry T sec Van Granite5866 Olympic, p. 666
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.