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A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Anderson at six addresses in 1940, all on Burrard 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

    540 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Mathews at 534 and W L Howie at 544. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    589 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Anderson, an editor at the Western Canada Mining News 1940

    Next door in 1940: Day R S & Son Ltd at 567 and W C Beattie at 591. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    842 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • Einar Anderson, a farmer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Polly at 834 and H G Isert at 850. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1081 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Wilda Anderson, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1237 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Esther Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Wattum at 1225 and Mrs A M Boone at 1243. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1370 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Anderson, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Rooms” at 1362. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an editor, a farmer and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Anderson at 540 Burrard Street. J Anderson is listed at 589 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Anderson there as the householder, an editor at the Western Canada Mining News. The 1940 name section lists Einar Anderson at 842 Burrard Street, a farmer.

The 1940 name section lists Wilda Anderson at 1081 Burrard Street, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Esther Anderson at 1237 Burrard Street. In 1940 the directory lists S Anderson, rooms to let, at 1370 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists S Anderson there, who kept rooms to let.

Today

1081 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1237 Burrard (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 540 Burrard, 589 Burrard, 842 Burrard and 1370 Burrard, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street
1942 Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street. Not at the house at 589 Burrard: no archive photo of the 500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1184-1239. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.