A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Andersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Anderson at two addresses in 1940, all on Venables Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1829 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A Anderson, a foreman at Canada Packers 1940
- Cath Anderson, widow of G 1940
Next door in 1940: D Gentile at 1825 and T E Thomas at 1847. The block, door by door
- 2
2637 Venables Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W P Anderson, a steward 1940
Next door in 1940: C Cowden at 2633 and W G Thompson at 2641. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a foreman and a steward. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 A Anderson at 1829 Venables Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Anderson there as the householder, a foreman at Canada Packers, with Cath Anderson, widow of G. In 1940 the directory lists W P Anderson at 2637 Venables 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 lists Walter P Anderson there as the householder, a steward.
Today
1829 Venables (1995) and 2637 Venables (2001) 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.
- Anderson A1829 Venables, p. 160
- Anderson Alex formn Canada Pkrs1829 Venables, p. 12
- Anderson Cath wid G1829 Venables, p. 12
- *Anderson W P2637 Venables, p. 160
- Anderson Walter P steward2637 Venables, p. 14
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.