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A family name on Adera Street, Kerrisdale and Marpole

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Anderson at three addresses in 1940, all on Adera Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 213 other streets too, all listed on the Anderson name's own page.

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Where the Andersons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5911 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W E Anderson 1940
    • Elva Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McRae at 5937. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6641 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • T N Anderson, a president at Anderson Printing 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Mackee at 6625 and R Borchgrevink at 6661. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6941 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Alma C Anderson, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W A Hazeldine at 6925 and Dr R A Seymour at 6975. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3). 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 W E Anderson at 5911 Adera 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 William E Anderson there as the householder, with Elva Anderson. In 1940 the directory lists T N Anderson at 6641 Adera Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas N Anderson there as the householder, a president at Anderson Printing.

The 1940 name section lists Alma C Anderson at 6941 Adera Street, widow of J.

Today

6641 Adera still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 5911 Adera (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6941 Adera, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Andersons

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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.