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A family name on Richards Street, Downtown

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 Richards 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

    522 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1011 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Anderson, a mechanic at BC Simplex Piston Ring 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Thorburn at 1003 and W Zeron at 1015. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1146 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hans Anderson, a fireman at Marpole Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McMullan at 1144 and R J Upton at 1152. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1165 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Trade Roasting Co at 1169. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a fireman and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (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 Anderson at 522 Richards Street. E Anderson is listed at 1011 Richards Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elmer Anderson there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Simplex Piston Ring. The 1940 name section lists Hans Anderson at 1146 Richards Street, a fireman at Marpole Towing.

The 1940 name section lists Anderson at 1165 Richards Street.

Today

The City no longer lists 522 Richards, 1011 Richards, 1146 Richards and 1165 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.