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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Wilson at three addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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

    521 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Auer at 519 and Rosemary Cafe at 523. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    827 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss E I Wilson 1940
    • Emma I Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cranston at 813 and Bway Auto Uphol at 841. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1005 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Wilson, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Miller at 1003 and T G Sims at 1011. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3). 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 G Wilson at 521 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Wilson there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E I Wilson at 827 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Emma I Wilson there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists H Wilson, a shoe repairer, at 1005 West Broadway.

Today

The City no longer lists 521 West Broadway, 827 West Broadway and 1005 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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

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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.