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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Wilson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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 4606 West 2nd 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

    2126 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mary Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Campbell at 2112 and T A P Jackson at 2136. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2350 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Grace L Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A V Dart at 2346 and W Baird at 2370. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2966 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W G Wilson, of Wilson & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Thompson at 2960 and F W Partington at 2972. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4606 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss N Wilson 1940
    • Nellie Wilson, in women's furnishings 1940
    • Amy Wilson, a saleswoman for Miss N Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr C H C Bell at 4616. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a saleswoman and a women's furnishings.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and West Point Grey. 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 Mary Wilson at 2126 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Grace L Wilson at 2350 West 2nd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists W G Wilson at 2966 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William G Wilson there as the householder, of Wilson & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss N Wilson at 4606 West 2nd 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 Nellie Wilson there as the householder, in women's furnishings, with Amy Wilson, a saleswoman for Miss N Wilson.

Today

2966 West 2nd (1988) and 4606 West 2nd (2007) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2126 West 2nd and 2350 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.