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A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Anderson at five addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    126 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs U Sawada at 122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    620 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Murray at 608 and D Mori at 622. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1355 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D A Anderson, a carpenter 1940
    • C Anderson, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Western Vinegars Ltd at 1365. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1516 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C W Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a carpenter and a fisherman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2) and Strathcona. 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 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists R Anderson at 126 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists R Anderson at 620 Powell Street.

C Anderson is listed at 1355 Powell Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). In 1940 the listing there is D A Anderson; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Daniel A Anderson there, a carpenter, with Conrad Anderson, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists C W Anderson at 1516 Powell Street.

Today

1516 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, 126 Powell, 620 Powell and 1355 Powell, so those buildings are 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, 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.