A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Alexanders
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Alexander at three addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
- 1
1070 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- George Alexander, a cashier at Clark Fruit 1940
Next door in 1940: Hospital Nurses' Home St Paul's at 1056 and P Deane at 1096. The block, door by door
- 2
1110 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- J A Alexander, a salesman for A E Austin 1940
- M Leona Alexander, a stenographer at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Graham at 1114. The block, door by door
- 3
1205 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Ron R Alexander, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: R V Winch at 1255. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a cashier, a clerk, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 George Alexander at 1070 Comox Street, a cashier at Clark Fruit. J A Alexander is listed at 1110 Comox Street 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 Joseph A Alexander there as the householder, a salesman for A E Austin, with M Leona Alexander, a stenographer at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists Ron R Alexander at 1205 Comox Street, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
1110 Comox (2002) and 1205 Comox (1955) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1070 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Alexander Geo cash Clark Fruit1070 Comox, p. 7
- *Alexander J A1110 Comox, p. 35
- Alexander Jos A slsmn A E Austin1110 Comox, p. 7
- Alexander M Leona sten Sun1110 Comox, p. 7
- Alexander Ron R clk BC Govt1205 Comox, p. 8
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.