A family name on Alma Street, Kitsilano, West Point Grey and Dunbar-Southlands
The Alexanders
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Alexander at one address, 2791 Alma Street in West Point Grey, in 1940. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the Alexander name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Alexanders at home
Point Grey
- 1
2791 Alma Street
West Point Grey, 1940
- W H Alexander, a laborer 1940
- David H Alexander, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
- J Doug Alexander, a typist 1940
- William E Alexander, a typist 1940
Next door in 1940: G Johnson at 2779. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a typist (2), a laborer and a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 W H Alexander at 2791 Alma Street; 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 William H Alexander there as the householder, a laborer, with David H Alexander, a machinist operator at American Can, J Doug Alexander, a typist, and William E Alexander, a typist.
Today
2791 Alma still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Alexanders
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Alexander name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.