Vancouver / Names / A / Anderson / East 16th Avenue

A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Anderson at four addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Andersons at 841 East 16th in 1940. The directories print the name on 213 other streets too, all listed on the Anderson name's own page.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

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

    761 East 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • James C Anderson, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Soane at 755. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    841 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs T Anderson, widow of W 1940
    • Baldwin Anderson, a musician 1940
    • Muriel G Anderson 1940
    • Thelma Anderson, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • W Anderson, a floorman at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Johnson at 833 and D McLennan at 845. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    854 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Anderson, a cement worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Maides at 840 and J P Pawlik at 864. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2816 East 16th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R B Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Duck at 2834. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a cement worker, a clerk, a floorman, a master mariner and a musician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 James C Anderson at 761 East 16th Avenue, a master mariner. Mrs T Anderson is listed at 841 East 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thorbjorg Anderson there as the householder, widow of W, with Baldwin Anderson, a musician, Muriel G Anderson, Thelma Anderson, a clerk at Spencer's, and W Anderson, a floorman at the Pacific Mills.

F Anderson is listed at 854 East 16th Avenue 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 Frederick Anderson there as the householder, a cement worker. R B Anderson is listed at 2816 East 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Russell B Anderson there as the householder.

Today

841 East 16th and 854 East 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2816 East 16th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 761 East 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.