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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Anderson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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 1086 West 11th 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

    1086 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W A Anderson, a watchman 1940
    • Charles M Anderson, an assistant credit manager at Union Oil 1940
    • Jean M Anderson, a nurse for Dr A T Henry 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J C Patterson at 1076 and Miss A Phillips at 1094. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1436 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John C Anderson, a manager for Schick Shaver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Thomas at 1428 and T P Hamer at 1448. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1536 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G A Anderson, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Mori at 1512 and A S Fox at 1546. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an assistant credit manager, a driver, a manager, a nurse and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3). 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 W A Anderson at 1086 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Anderson there as the householder, a watchman, with Charles M Anderson, an assistant credit manager at Union Oil, and Jean M Anderson, a nurse for Dr A T Henry. The 1940 name section lists John C Anderson at 1436 West 11th Avenue, a manager for Schick Shaver.

G A Anderson is listed at 1536 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George A Anderson there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

Today

1536 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1086 West 11th (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1436 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.