Vancouver / Names / A / Alger

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Algers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Alger at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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.

Where the Algers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2313 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F Alger, a doll maker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Armour at 2305 and T S Brown at 2321. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1042 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Loyda Alger 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Colak at 1036 and Mrs E E Watkins at 1046. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2700 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Frederick J Alger, who worked for the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacKichan at 2718. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1353 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William E Alger, a salesman at the Marine Sales & Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Mallaby at 1343 and T Ono at 1373. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2159 Wall Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Charles E Alger 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Sherwood at 2107. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2250 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ethel N Alger, widow of G V 1940

    Next door in 1940: Canning Bestovall at 2244 and Mrs A Vincent at 2256. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a doll maker and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and West End. 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 F Alger at 2313 Alberta Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred Alger there as the householder, a doll maker. The 1940 name section lists Loyda Alger at 1042 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Alger at 2700 Main Street, who worked for the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists William E Alger at 1353 Richards Street, a salesman at the Marine Sales & Service. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Alger at 2159 Wall Street. The 1940 name section lists Ethel N Alger at 2250 West 10th Avenue, widow of G V.

Today

2159 Wall (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2313 Alberta, 1042 Haro, 2700 Main, 1353 Richards and 2250 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Harry and Mary Foote's house at 2812 Alberta Street, with people on its porch and balconies
About 1911 Harry and Mary Foote's house at 2812 Alberta Street, with people on its porch and balconies. Not at the house at 2313 Alberta: no archive photo of the 2300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2012-004.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Algers

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Alger 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.