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A family name on West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Wilson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 4th Avenue, with the close spelling Willson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

    1964 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Wilson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Edmond at 1958 and B Mangnall at 1968. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4274 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Margaret Wilson, a stenographer at Barr & Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Withers at 4250 and H Orwell at 4298. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano 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

In 1940 the directory lists J A Wilson at 1964 West 4th 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 J Andrew Wilson there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Wilson at 4274 West 4th Avenue, a stenographer at Barr & Anderson.

Today

The City no longer lists 1964 West 4th and 4274 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 3 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.