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The Alders

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Alder 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 Alders 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

    932 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lillian D Alder, an ironer at Peerless Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Pallas at 928 and H Kennard at 940. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1205 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold E Alder, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V Winch at 1255. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2790 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Percy F Alder, a secretary at the Salvation Army 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Rulens at 2730. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3321 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Emma J Alder, widow of J C 1940
    • Mabel L Alder, an advertising clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Morrison at 3309 and R H G Gemmell at 3331. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2775 West 38th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H Alder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I A Ross at 2765. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    402 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H E Alder, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd at 414. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an advertising clerk, a barrister, an ironer, a salesman and a secretary. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Lillian D Alder at 932 Burrard Street, an ironer at Peerless Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Alder at 1205 Comox Street, a barrister. The 1940 name section lists Percy F Alder at 2790 East 24th Avenue, a secretary at the Salvation Army. The 1940 name section lists Emma J Alder at 3321 Point Grey Road, widow of J C, with Mabel L Alder, an advertising clerk at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists H Alder at 2775 West 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry Alder there as the householder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H E Alder, a barrister, at 402 West Pender Street.

Today

402 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1205 Comox (1955), 2790 East 24th (2006) and 2775 West 38th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 932 Burrard and 3321 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3321 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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

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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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.