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A family name on Commercial Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Anderson at five addresses in 1940, all on Commercial Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Andersons at 4062 Commercial in 1940. 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

    3627 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Anderson, proprietor of the St Clair Dye Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: L T Seale at 3605. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3752 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs Marion Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Miller at 3750 and W R Blackman at 3754. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4062 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M Anderson, widow of A 1940
    • Florence Anderson, a packer at Swifts 1940
    • Oliver G Anderson, an apprentice at Electric Panel Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M McLinton at 4054 and W M Code at 4070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5615 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A T S Anderson, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph 1940
    • Alex H Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Harding at 5605 and W Scarlett at 5625. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5645 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • George Anderson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Scarlett at 5625 and Mrs E Biddle at 5655. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: an apprentice, a logger, a packer, a patrolman and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (5). 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 Anderson at 3627 Commercial 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 Anderson there as the householder, proprietor of the St Clair Dye Works. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marion Anderson at 3752 Commercial Street.

Mrs M Anderson is listed at 4062 Commercial Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Marion Anderson there as the householder, widow of A, with Florence Anderson, a packer at Swifts, and Oliver G Anderson, an apprentice at Electric Panel Manufacturing. A T S Anderson is listed at 5615 Commercial Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex T S Anderson there as the householder, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph, with Alex H Anderson.

The 1940 name section lists George Anderson at 5645 Commercial Street, a logger.

Today

4062 Commercial still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3627 Commercial (2007), 3752 Commercial (2006), 5615 Commercial (1980) and 5645 Commercial (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Not at the house at 4062 Commercial: no archive photo of the 4000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.