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A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Anderson at five addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive. 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. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4238 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F R Anderson, a student for F R Anderson 1940
    • Arthur T Anderson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Henley at 4288. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4410 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Anna M Anderson, a maid for G W Markle 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Wark at 4430. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5725 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Doris Anderson, a maid for A Hyams 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McL Russell at 5755. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6036 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Viola Anderson, a maid at J J Diamond 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Hughes at 6026 and F Workman at 6076. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6741 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F B Anderson, proprietor of The Boy's Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: K W Martin at 6725 and D Hazlewood at 6757. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a maid (3) and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3) and Shaughnessy (2). 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 R Anderson at 4238 Angus Drive; 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 Frederick R Anderson there as the householder, a barrister, with Frederick R Anderson Jr, a student for F R Anderson, and Arthur T Anderson, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Anna M Anderson at 4410 Angus Drive, a maid for G W Markle. The 1940 name section lists Doris Anderson at 5725 Angus Drive, a maid for A Hyams.

The 1940 name section lists Viola Anderson at 6036 Angus Drive, a maid at J J Diamond. F B Anderson is listed at 6741 Angus Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick B Anderson there as the householder, proprietor of The Boy's Shop.

Today

4238 Angus Drive and 5725 Angus Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 6036 Angus Drive (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4410 Angus Drive and 6741 Angus Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 4238 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 4200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.