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

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Anderson at three addresses in 1940, all on Prince Albert 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

    4508 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C W Anderson, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Ravening at 4504 and C Tewnion at 4514. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5115 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R A Anderson, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Preece at 5187. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7705 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mary L Anderson, a cashier at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Gascoyne at 7735. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a cashier, an on active service and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Sunset. 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 C W Anderson at 4508 Prince Albert 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 Charles W Anderson there as the householder, a waiter. In 1940 the directory lists R A Anderson at 5115 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Anderson there as the householder, on active service.

The 1940 name section lists Mary L Anderson at 7705 Prince Albert Street, a cashier at Woodward's.

Today

7705 Prince Albert still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 4508 Prince Albert (2018) and 5115 Prince Albert (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.