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A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Anderson at eight addresses in 1940, all on Main Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Andersons at 3837 Main 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    205 Main Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Anderson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Melbourne Hotel at 201 and J Fuoco at 215. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    237 Main Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Zealand Rooms at 235 and Edamura Bros at 239. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    318 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lanning Pool Hall at 314 and N Aihoshi at 320. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Eric Anderson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2813 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs H Anderson, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shell Oil at 2801 and H Broad at 2821. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3516 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Mary Anderson, a clerk at Cunningham Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Fuller at 3518. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3837 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M Anderson, widow of Z K 1940
    • Arnold J Anderson, a shipper at Vancouver S&D 1940
    • Percy H Anderson, a rivetter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Johnson at 3835 and Universal Gro at 3853. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3869 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G E Anderson, a watchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F O Walmsley at 3871. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a clerk, a laborer, a logger, a rivetter, a shipper and a watchman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Downtown (2), Strathcona (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A Anderson at 205 Main Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists James Anderson at 237 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists A Anderson at 318 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Eric Anderson at 917 Main Street, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Anderson at 2813 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Helen Anderson there as the householder, widow of C. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Anderson at 3516 Main Street, a clerk at Cunningham Drug.

Mrs M Anderson is listed at 3837 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Minnie Anderson there as the householder, widow of Z K, with Arnold J Anderson, a shipper at Vancouver S&D, and Percy H Anderson, a rivetter. G E Anderson is listed at 3869 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George E Anderson there as the householder, a watchman.

Today

205 Main, 237 Main and 917 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 318 Main, 2813 Main, 3516 Main, 3837 Main and 3869 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 3837 Main: no archive photo of the 3800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 13 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

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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.