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A family name on Comox Street, West End

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Anderson at seven addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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 1250 Comox 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

    1070 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hospital Nurses' Home St Paul's at 1056 and P Deane at 1096. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1154 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss I M Anderson 1940
    • Ivy M Anderson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Kay at 1150 and Mrs M E Moore at 1160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1250 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • C Anderson, retired 1940
    • Alfred E Anderson, of Anderson's 1940
    • Ralph J Anderson, of Anderson's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Lestin at 1242 and J H Law at 1256. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1356 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • William F Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A MacKay at 1350 and Miss A MacDonell at 1362. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1522 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H Anderson, who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Albert Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Campbell at 1516 and E W Graham at 1528. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1851 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anderson (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E H Larson at 1845 and W J Etherington at 1859. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1946 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F M Anderson 1940
    • Fredena L Anderson, a stenographer at Hockin & Dougherty 1940
    • Helen M Anderson, a nurse at E L Cox and A L Johnson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K H Currie at 1938 and R Newman at 1974. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the 13: a nurse, an operator and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (7). 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 Charles Anderson at 1070 Comox Street. Miss I M Anderson is listed at 1154 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ivy M Anderson there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone.

C Anderson is listed at 1250 Comox Street in 1940; 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 lists Charles Anderson there as the householder, retired, with Alfred E Anderson, of Anderson's, and Ralph J Anderson, of Anderson's. The 1940 name section lists William F Anderson at 1356 Comox Street.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Anderson, rooms to let, at 1522 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hulda Anderson there, who kept rooms to let, with Albert Anderson. The 1940 name section lists Anderson (no first name printed) at 1851 Comox Street.

Mrs F M Anderson is listed at 1946 Comox Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Fredena M Anderson there as the householder, with Fredena L Anderson, a stenographer at Hockin & Dougherty, and Helen M Anderson, a nurse at E L Cox and A L Johnson.

Today

1154 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1250 Comox (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1070 Comox, 1356 Comox, 1522 Comox, 1851 Comox and 1946 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1250 Comox: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 16 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

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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.