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A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End

The Wilsons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Wilson at four addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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

    801 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Clara M Wilson 1940
    • Minnie L Wilson, widow of B 1940

    Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R A Wilson, a physician 1940
    • W A Wilson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1283 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Wilson, a driver at Crown Cartage 1940
    • Irwine B Wilson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss O A Melvill at 1275 and W Ward at 1291. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1770 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • John A Wilson, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: c n inst for blind at 1700 and Hoffars Ltd at 1790. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a carpenter, a driver and a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Clara M Wilson at 801 West Georgia Street, with Minnie L Wilson, widow of B. W A Wilson, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is R A Wilson, a physician. The 1940 name section lists George Wilson at 1283 West Georgia Street, a driver at Crown Cartage, with Irwine B Wilson, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists John A Wilson at 1770 West Georgia Street, a seaman.

Today

801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia, 1283 West Georgia and 1770 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Wilsons

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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.