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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wiltshires

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Wiltshire at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Wiltshires lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2495 East 11th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F J Wiltshire, a carpenter 1940
  2. 2

    386 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Wiltshire, a driver at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Herbert J Wiltshire, an operator at Spear & Jackson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lipscombe at 364 and S J Keith at 396. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    473 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G F Wiltshire, a carpenter 1940
    • Arthur S Wiltshire, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wood at 465. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    927 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W Wiltshire, a watchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Felch at 917 and J L Bradley at 941. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3440 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F W Wiltshire, proprietor of Mac's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G N Leith at 3428 and H B Frost at 3448. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1606 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E Wiltshire, a shipper at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Greer at 1616. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    819 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Ellis Wiltshire, in caretaker apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J F O Margetson at 805. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3813 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J C N Wiltshire, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Maxwell at 3807 and Q Dalrymple at 3817. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all ten: a carpenter (3), a caretaker apartments, a driver, an operator, a postman and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Renfrew-Collingwood, Sunset, West End 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 F J Wiltshire at 2495 East 11th 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 Francis J Wiltshire there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists E Wiltshire at 386 East 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Wiltshire there as the householder, a driver at Imperial Oil, with Herbert J Wiltshire, an operator at Spear & Jackson.

In 1940 the directory lists G F Wiltshire at 473 East 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George F Wiltshire there as the householder, a carpenter, with Arthur S Wiltshire, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists W Wiltshire at 927 East 50th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Wiltshire there as the householder, a watchman.

In 1940 the directory lists F W Wiltshire at 3440 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank W Wiltshire there as the householder, proprietor of Mac's. In 1940 the directory lists E Wiltshire at 1606 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward Wiltshire there as the householder, a shipper at the Pacific Mills.

The 1940 name section lists A Ellis Wiltshire at 819 Nicola Street, in caretaker apartments. J C N Wiltshire is listed at 3813 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John C N Wiltshire there as the householder, a postman.

Today

2495 East 11th, 3440 East Georgia and 3813 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; 386 East 17th (2016), 473 East 17th (1988) and 927 East 50th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1606 Grant and 819 Nicola, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Wiltshires

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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.