A family name on East 43rd Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Alexanders
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Alexander at one address, 304 East 43rd Avenue in Sunset, 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
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304 East 43rd Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- A M Alexander, retired 1940
- Dorothy J Alexander, an assembler at the Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works 1940
- Mary L Alexander, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B Blair at 320. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an assembler and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Sunset. 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 A M Alexander at 304 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Archibald M Alexander there as the householder, retired, with Dorothy J Alexander, an assembler at the Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works, Anna M Alexander, a helper at the Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works, and Mary L Alexander, a saleswoman.
Today
304 East 43rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 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.
- Alexander A M304 East 43rd, p. 259
- Alexander Anna M hlpr Gibbs Tool & Stamping Wks304 East 43rd, p. 7
- Alexander Arch M retired304 East 43rd, p. 7
- Alexander Dorothy J assembler Gibbs Tool & Stamping Wks304 East 43rd, p. 7
- Alexander Mary L slswm304 East 43rd, p. 7
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.