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A family name on West 52nd Avenue, Oakridge and Kerrisdale

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Wilson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 52nd 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. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    774 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • H Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Flannagan at 766. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2142 West 52nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J L Willson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Yeomans at 2108 and M F Nordell at 2152. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2225 West 52nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E M Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Armstrong at 2235. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Oakridge. 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 H Wilson at 774 West 52nd Avenue. J L Willson is listed at 2142 West 52nd 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). In 1940 the directory lists E M Wilson at 2225 West 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

The City no longer lists 774 West 52nd, 2142 West 52nd and 2225 West 52nd, 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.

The book of the Wilsons

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Wilson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

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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.