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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Wilson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 10th 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

    150 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George A Wilson, a mechanic at International Harvester 1940

    Next door in 1940: M B Prowd at 148 and J C Uuonska at 156. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H D Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1137 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Thomas Wilson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Henry at 1135 and Miss F H Eachus at 1155. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3236 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T S Wilson, a dispatcher at M-T Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Hall at 3230 and H G Hunt at 3254. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4123 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W D Wilson, a laborer at the Alberta Wheat Pool 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Britton at 4117 and J Barrowclough at 4131. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4484 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs J Wilson, widow of R B 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Testar at 4474 and Trimble Serv at 4496. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a dispatcher, a laborer and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), West Point Grey (2), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 George A Wilson at 150 West 10th Avenue, a mechanic at International Harvester. H D Wilson is listed at 1009 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Halford D Wilson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Wilson at 1137 West 10th Avenue, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists T S Wilson at 3236 West 10th 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 lists Thomas S Wilson there as the householder, a dispatcher at M-T Co. In 1940 the directory lists W D Wilson at 4123 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William D Wilson there as the householder, a laborer at the Alberta Wheat Pool.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Wilson at 4484 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jean Wilson there as the householder, widow of R B.

Today

150 West 10th, 1009 West 10th and 4123 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 150 West 10th and 1009 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1137 West 10th (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3236 West 10th and 4484 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

The book of the Wilsons

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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.