A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Alexanders
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Alexander at two addresses in 1940, all on Graveley 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
- 1
2050 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs S Alexander, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: J J Jackson at 2044 and W Parker at 2056. The block, door by door
- 2
2979 Graveley Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F W Alexander, a commissionaire at C C of C 1940
- Miss J Alexander, a packer at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Macdonald at 2963 and H S Rowling at 2987. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a commissionaire and a packer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs S Alexander at 2050 Graveley 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 Sarah Alexander there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists F W Alexander at 2979 Graveley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank W Alexander there as the householder, a commissionaire at C C of C, with Miss J Alexander, a packer at Spencer's.
Today
2050 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2979 Graveley (1994) has a newer building, 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 Mrs S2050 Graveley, p. 69
- Alexander Sarah wid J2050 Graveley, p. 8
- *Alexander F W2979 Graveley, p. 70
- Alexander Frank W commissionaire C C of C2979 Graveley, p. 7
- Alexander Miss J pkr Spencers2979 Graveley, 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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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.