A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 Broadway. 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
950 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- George Alexander, an upholsterer 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Quest at 958. The block, door by door
- 2
3187 East Broadway
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W F Alexander, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: J Coyle at 3161 and J Kerner at 3195. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a mechanic and an upholsterer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 950 East Broadway, an upholsterer. W F Alexander is listed at 3187 East Broadway 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 William F Alexander there as the householder, a mechanic.
Today
3187 East Broadway (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 950 East Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Alexander Geo uphol950 East Broadway, p. 7
- *Alexander W F3187 East Broadway, p. 16
- Alexander Wm F mech3187 East Broadway, 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.