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A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Anderson at four addresses in 1940, all on East 6th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1599 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W M Anderson, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J W Potter at 1595. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1635 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss C Anderson 1940
    • Cath Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Williams at 1625 and F H Law at 1643. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2572 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • I Anderson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Auton at 2568 and A G Smith at 2580. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2587 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Morgan at 2567 and H W Southey at 2595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a carpenter and a janitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 M Anderson at 1599 East 6th 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 William M Anderson there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Miss C Anderson at 1635 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cath Anderson there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists I Anderson at 2572 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Isak Anderson there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists W Anderson at 2587 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Anderson there as the householder, retired.

Today

1635 East 6th (1981), 2572 East 6th (1980) and 2587 East 6th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1599 East 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.