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A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Wilson at five addresses in 1940, all on West 33rd 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1009 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • William Wilson, a cook for W E Burns 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Grassie at 1003 and Mrs J Y Menzies at 1029. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1190 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G D Wilson, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Brenchley at 1178. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1343 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • B A Wilson, a president at Wilson Mining & Investment 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Des Brisay at 1331 and H J Bailey at 1355. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2797 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H A Wilson, a janitor at the Merchants' Exchange Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Anderson at 2791. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3126 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Janet B Wilson, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Kerr at 3108 and W J Seaton at 3142. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cook, a janitor, a manufacturers agent and a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (3), Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 William Wilson at 1009 West 33rd Avenue, a cook for W E Burns. G D Wilson is listed at 1190 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; 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 Gerald D Wilson there as the householder, a manufacturers agent.

B A Wilson is listed at 1343 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bishop A Wilson there as the householder, a president at Wilson Mining & Investment. H A Wilson is listed at 2797 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry A Wilson there as the householder, a janitor at the Merchants' Exchange Building.

The 1940 name section lists Janet B Wilson at 3126 West 33rd Avenue, widow of G.

Today

1343 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2797 West 33rd (2010) and 3126 West 33rd (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1009 West 33rd and 1190 West 33rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.