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A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale

The Alexanders

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Alexander at two addresses in 1940, all on Blenheim Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the Alexander name's own page.

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Where the Alexanders 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

    3999 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E C Alexander, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Baynes at 3975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4950 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H M Alexander, an assistant chief engineer at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Craig at 4910 and L Shore at 4970. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an assistant chief engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 E C Alexander at 3999 Blenheim 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 Edward C Alexander there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H M Alexander at 4950 Blenheim Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry M Alexander there as the householder, an assistant chief engineer at Canadian Pacific Steamships.

Today

3999 Blenheim and 4950 Blenheim still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Alexanders

Every directory, as one book

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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.