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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Woolseys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Woolsey at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Woolseys 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

    175 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Woolsey, a knitter at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Bond at 145. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    509 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Gladys R Woolsey, a maker for C Korsch 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Traill at 507 and C H Harris at 537. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2058 East Georgia Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Annie Woolsey, a cashier at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Partridge at 2036 and W Sproule at 2062. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1536 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Angeline A Woolsey, widow of R W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H March at 1530 and P L Scott at 1548. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3272 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Nellie Wolsey, a maid for A Irish 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Chatwin at 3256 and I Parfitt at 3282. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2809 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George B Woolsey 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Biggs at 2815. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cashier, a knitter, a maid and a maker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 W Woolsey at 175 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter Woolsey there as the householder, a knitter at the Jantzen Knit Mills. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gladys R Woolsey at 509 East 16th Avenue, a maker for C Korsch. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie Woolsey at 2058 East Georgia Street, a cashier at Woodward's.

The 1940 name section lists Angeline A Woolsey at 1536 Kitchener Street, widow of R W. The 1940 name section lists Nellie Wolsey at 3272 West 26th Avenue, a maid for A Irish. The 1940 name section lists George B Woolsey at 2809 West 6th Avenue.

Today

1536 Kitchener and 2809 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 175 East 15th, 509 East 16th, 2058 East Georgia and 3272 West 26th, 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, 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.