A family name on Harwood Street, West End
The Andersons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Anderson at four addresses in 1940, all on Harwood 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
- 1
1201 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Gladys Anderson, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: F G Casey at 1219. The block, door by door
- 2
1329 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- James Anderson, a janitor for Mrs S Ferraro 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Richardson at 1323 and “Rooms” at 1339. The block, door by door
- 3
1433 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Laura Anderson 1940
Next door in 1940: E G Blackwell at 1419 and R L Roys at 1447. The block, door by door
- 4
1644 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Carl K Anderson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss Y H Stephenson at 1642 and W Winsby at 1650. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a janitor, a laborer and a laundress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Gladys Anderson at 1201 Harwood Street, a laundress at Pioneer Laundry. The 1940 name section lists James Anderson at 1329 Harwood Street, a janitor for Mrs S Ferraro. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Laura Anderson at 1433 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Carl K Anderson at 1644 Harwood Street, a laborer.
Today
1433 Harwood (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1201 Harwood, 1329 Harwood and 1644 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Anderson Gladys lndrs Pioneer Lndy1201 Harwood, p. 13
- Anderson Jas jntr Mrs S Ferraro1329 Harwood, p. 13
- Anderson Mrs Laura1433 Harwood, p. 14
- Anderson Carl K lab1644 Harwood, p. 12
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.
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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.