2846 Alder Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists six suites and households at 2846 Alder Street. Its name section lists eight people here: Constance P Campbell, widow of A S; Thomas G Kirk, a caretaker; and six others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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9: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Mrs C P Campbellsuite 1p. 3
H Warrensuite 2p. 3
C Watsonsuite 3p. 3
Mrs H Olsonsuite 4p. 3
I E Scottsuite 5p. 3
T G Kirksuite 6p. 3

The household

Constance P Campbellwidow of A S · householder · suite 1p. 89
Thomas G Kirka caretaker · householder · suite 6p. 325
Mrs Hilma Olsonhouseholder · suite 4p. 471
Ivor E Scotta school teacher · householder · suite 5p. 548
Harry Warrena clerk at Continental Fruit · householder · suite 2p. 642
Charles Watsonan engineer · householder · suite 3p. 644

Also under the Campbell name

Susan B Campbellwidow of T C · lives here · suite 1p. 91
Gilbert J Olsona trackman at the BC Electric Railway · lives here · suite 4p. 471

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Alder Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ALDER

Names

The lines for 2846 Alder Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 2846 Alder Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 2800 block of Alder Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 2807, with a building from 1980.

The 2800 block in 1940

Alder Street between West 12th and West 13th Avenues, Fairview: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Alder Street, the 2800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

Alder Street, block by block

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2846 Alder Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2846-alder, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.