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A family name on Elgin Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Anderson at two addresses in 1940, all on Elgin Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Andersons at 4817 Elgin 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. 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

    4532 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E H Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E Tilton at 4524 and G T Brooks at 4540. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4817 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M E J Anderson, widow of D 1940
    • Ray H Anderson, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
    • Robina W Anderson, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H L Allan at 4811 and Whealler (no first name printed) at 4851. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a freight hand and a music teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 E H Anderson at 4532 Elgin Street; 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 Edward H Anderson there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E J Anderson at 4817 Elgin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary E J Anderson there as the householder, widow of D, with Ray H Anderson, a freight hand at the CPR, and Robina W Anderson, a music teacher.

Today

4532 Elgin (1986) and 4817 Elgin (1997) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Andersons

Every directory, as one book

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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.