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A family name on Alberni Street, West End

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Anderson at four addresses in 1940, all on Alberni 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1216 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harry Anderson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T L Smith at 1220. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1222 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Audrey Anderson, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: T L Smith at 1220 and Mrs M A Jones at 1232. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1340 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anna Anderson, widow of K 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Dixon at 1334 and F Barabana at 1346. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1670 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Amelia Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Otsuka at 1662 and Mrs G Eidson at 1676. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a carpenter and a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Harry Anderson at 1216 Alberni Street, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Audrey Anderson at 1222 Alberni Street, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Anna Anderson at 1340 Alberni Street, widow of K. The 1940 name section lists Amelia Anderson at 1670 Alberni Street.

Today

The City no longer lists 1216 Alberni, 1222 Alberni, 1340 Alberni and 1670 Alberni, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Andersons

Every directory, as one book

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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.