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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Wilson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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

    434 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Wilson, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
    • Jeanette Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Pierce at 430 and J Hamilton at 446. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    506 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Margaret Wilson, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Reynolds at 504. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    736 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Harry Wilson, a stockman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: I H Cook at 730 and T Tazawa at 744. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2345 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Wilson, an acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Bell at 2335 and K T Field at 2353. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2646 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Norma E Wilson, a clerk at Pacific Meat 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D Knights at 2638 and R H Millard at 2654. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3424 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Wilson, an ovenman at Simmons 1940
    • John H Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Henry at 3420 and O J Kirkpatrick at 3430. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an acting fire captain, a clerk, a domestic, an ovenman, a salesman and a stockman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 T Wilson at 434 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Wilson there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies, with Jeanette Wilson. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Wilson at 506 West 7th Avenue, a domestic. The 1940 name section lists Harry Wilson at 736 West 7th Avenue, a stockman at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists A Wilson at 2345 West 7th 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 Alex Wilson there as the householder, an acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Norma E Wilson at 2646 West 7th Avenue, a clerk at Pacific Meat.

E Wilson is listed at 3424 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Wilson there as the householder, an ovenman at Simmons, with John H Wilson.

Today

2646 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3424 West 7th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 434 West 7th, 506 West 7th, 736 West 7th and 2345 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.