A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
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 East 7th Avenue. 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
- 1
101 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G Alexander, a superintendent at Grant & Son 1940
Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door
- 2
732 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W C Alexander, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: G F W Ferraby at 728 and J Gibson at 736. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a salesman and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 G Alexander at 101 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Alexander there as the householder, a superintendent at Grant & Son. In 1940 the directory lists W C Alexander at 732 East 7th Avenue; 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 William C Alexander there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's.
Today
101 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 732 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Alexander G101 East 7th, p. 189
- Alexander Geo supt Grant & Son101 East 7th, p. 7
- *Alexander W C732 East 7th, p. 190
- Alexander Wm C slsmn Woodward's732 East 7th, p. 8
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.