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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 3rd 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

    1541 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R W Wilson, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Fairweather at 1539 and J Rosen at 1543. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1736 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William H Wilson, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McGuire at 1732 and F A Bergwall at 1738. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1837 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J N Wilson, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: P L Putnam at 1833 and J B Pement at 1843. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3157 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Wilson, widow of A P 1940
    • Wilma I Wilson, an assistant for A J Towne 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Slomen at 3151 and D Irving at 3163. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3215 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Georgina L R Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Sewell at 3209 and W J Teasel at 3223. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3731 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W E Wilson, an investigator at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Thomas R Wilson, a fitter at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Glyde at 3719 and E Ensor at 3743. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4606 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W A Wilson, of Wilson & Wilson 1940
    • Syd Wilson, of Wilson & Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F T Hooper at 4616. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: an assistant, a caulker, a driver, a fireman, a fitter and an investigator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview (2) and West Point Grey (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

In 1940 the directory lists R W Wilson at 1541 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Reginald W Wilson there, a driver. The 1940 name section lists William H Wilson at 1736 West 3rd Avenue, a fireman.

J N Wilson is listed at 1837 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John N Wilson there as the householder, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock. Mrs J Wilson is listed at 3157 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jean Wilson there as the householder, widow of A P, with Wilma I Wilson, an assistant for A J Towne.

The 1940 name section lists Georgina L R Wilson at 3215 West 3rd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists W E Wilson at 3731 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William E Wilson there as the householder, an investigator at the City of Vancouver, with Thomas R Wilson, a fitter at Boeing's.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Wilson at 4606 West 3rd 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 Walter A Wilson there as the householder, of Wilson & Wilson, with Syd Wilson, of Wilson & Wilson.

Today

3157 West 3rd and 3215 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 3731 West 3rd (2005) and 4606 West 3rd (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1541 West 3rd, 1736 West 3rd and 1837 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.