A family name on East 13th Avenue, Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Andersons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Anderson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
35 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J E Anderson 1940
Next door in 1940: T Martin at 29 and M F Freeze at 43. The block, door by door
- 2
1527 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F L Anderson, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: C H James at 1517 and Mrs S J Eason at 1533. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 J E Anderson at 35 East 13th Avenue; 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 John E Anderson there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F L Anderson at 1527 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Francis L Anderson there as the householder, on active service.
Today
35 East 13th and 1527 East 13th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Anderson J E35 East 13th, p. 210
- Anderson John E35 East 13th, p. 13
- Anderson F L1527 East 13th, p. 210
- Anderson Francis L act serv1527 East 13th, p. 13
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Andersons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Anderson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.