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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Aldersons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Alderson at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Aldersons at 3579 West 21st in 1940.

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Where the Aldersons 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

    780 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • William Alderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Mortensen at 756. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    405 Heatley Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Alderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Rockwell at 403 and J Leong at 407. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3579 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs E J Alderson, widow of G C 1940
    • Eva M Alderson, a school teacher at Va City 1940
    • Phyllis M Alderson, a nursery aid at the Crippled Children's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Holliday at 3575 and M L Calhoun at 3585. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3026 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C C Alderson, a salesman for J C Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Elliott at 3008 and R MacKay at 3042. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2186 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J M Alderson, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Macey at 2178 and T R Fyfe at 2194. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk, a nursery aid, a salesman and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Arbutus Ridge, Strathcona 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 William Alderson at 780 Broughton Street. S Alderson is listed at 405 Heatley Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Syd Alderson there as the householder.

Mrs E J Alderson is listed at 3579 West 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Ellen J Alderson there as the householder, widow of G C, with Eva M Alderson, a school teacher at Va City, and Phyllis M Alderson, a nursery aid at the Crippled Children's Hospital. C C Alderson is listed at 3026 West 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists C Colin Alderson there as the householder, a salesman for J C Wilson.

J M Alderson is listed at 2186 West 33rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jack M Alderson there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR.

Today

3579 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 3026 West 31st (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 780 Broughton, 405 Heatley and 2186 West 33rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.