A family name on East 59th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Andersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Anderson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 59th Avenue. 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
- 1
82 East 59th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- N H Anderson, a packer at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Lord at 50. The block, door by door
- 2
717 East 59th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- A Anderson, a bookkeeper 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Reynolds at 731. The block, door by door
- 3
895 East 59th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- G W Anderson, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Terry at 883. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bookkeeper, a packer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (3). 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 N H Anderson at 82 East 59th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman H Anderson there as the householder, a packer at Burns & Co. In 1940 the directory lists A Anderson at 717 East 59th 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 lists Alex Anderson there as the householder, a bookkeeper.
In 1940 the directory lists G W Anderson at 895 East 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gregg W Anderson there, a salesman at Associated Dairies.
Today
82 East 59th (1962), 717 East 59th (2012) and 895 East 59th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Anderson N H82 East 59th, p. 269
- Anderson Norman H pkr Burns & Co82 East 59th, p. 14
- *Anderson A717 East 59th, p. 269
- Anderson Alex bkpr717 East 59th, p. 12
- *Anderson G W895 East 59th, p. 269
- Anderson Gregg W slsmn Assoc Dairies895 East 59th, 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.