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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Wilson at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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 most under one roof: three Wilsons at 345 West 15th in 1940. 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

    345 West 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J N Wilson, retired 1940
    • Enid P Wilson, a laundress 1940
    • Lucille M Wilson, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Mellen at 335 and C W Prest at 355. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1540 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Hazel L Wilson, a bookkeeper at Children's Aid 1940

    Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1595 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Clare Wilson, a salesman for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2195 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Wilson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Piedmont at 2185. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2366 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Wilson, a derrickman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Keate Jr at 2356 and S H Abrams at 2376. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2495 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Basil F Wilson, a warehouseman at Bapco 1940
    • M Joan Wilson, a manager at Palomar Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Troup at 2485. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2773 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H E Wilson, an accountant at Vancouver Parts 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Richardson at 2765 and H Scouse at 2781. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: an accountant, a bookkeeper, a derrickman, a laundress, a manager and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Fairview (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists J N Wilson at 345 West 15th 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 James N Wilson there as the householder, retired, with Enid P Wilson, a laundress, and Lucille M Wilson, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Hazel L Wilson at 1540 West 15th Avenue, a bookkeeper at Children's Aid. The 1940 name section lists Clare Wilson at 1595 West 15th Avenue, a salesman for Kelly Douglas.

In 1940 the directory lists A Wilson at 2195 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alan Wilson there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W Wilson at 2366 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Wilson there as the householder, a derrickman at Alberta Lumber.

The 1940 name section lists Basil F Wilson at 2495 West 15th Avenue, a warehouseman at Bapco, with M Joan Wilson, a manager at Palomar Lunch. H E Wilson is listed at 2773 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry E Wilson there as the householder, an accountant at Vancouver Parts.

Today

345 West 15th, 1595 West 15th, 2195 West 15th, 2366 West 15th and 2495 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1595 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2773 West 15th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1540 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.