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A family name on Hamilton Street, Downtown

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Anderson at seven addresses in 1940, all on Hamilton Street. 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    569 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Blakeman at 567 and B C Printers Supply at 571. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    615 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P C Anderson, an attendant at Liberty Auto Parking 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Jarvis at 613 and J Dudra at 617. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    719 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C Anderson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dearden at 717 and Mrs M J Richardson at 721. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    754 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Anderson, a millwright at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Nicholson at 750 and E Soderoos at 762. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    811 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John E Anderson, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Appel at 807 and R Widmer at 813. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    836 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew C Anderson, a packer at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gordon at 830 and A D Zimmer at 842. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    849 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • I Anderson, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Brooks at 843 and 4 listings at 853. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an attendant, a fireman, a fisherman, a logger, a millwright and a packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (7). 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 J Anderson at 569 Hamilton Street. P C Anderson is listed at 615 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Paul C Anderson there as the householder, an attendant at Liberty Auto Parking.

C Anderson is listed at 719 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cyrus Anderson there as the householder, a logger. The 1940 name section lists S Anderson at 754 Hamilton Street, a millwright at Alberta Lumber. The 1940 name section lists John E Anderson at 811 Hamilton Street, a fireman.

The 1940 name section lists Andrew C Anderson at 836 Hamilton Street, a packer at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists I Anderson at 849 Hamilton Street. The 1940 name section lists Ivar Anderson there as the householder, a fisherman.

Today

The City no longer lists 569 Hamilton, 615 Hamilton, 719 Hamilton, 754 Hamilton, 811 Hamilton, 836 Hamilton and 849 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.