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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Anderson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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: four Andersons at 235 West 12th 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

    235 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A W Anderson, a machinist at the Province 1940
    • Don A Anderson, a driver at Patrick Fuel 1940
    • Mariam Anderson 1940
    • Miriam B Anderson, a stacker at National Paper Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Holloway at 225 and F G Graham at 245. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    900 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • V Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Baldwin at 914. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1958 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • David R Anderson, a delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Isman at 1956 and Miss M H Busteed at 1966. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3914 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Powell at 3906 and E S Bullen at 3922. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4153 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J M Anderson, a salesman at Osler Hammond & Nanton 1940
    • Duncan G Anderson, an appraiser at General Appraisal 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Overgaard at 4147 and Mrs J McKinnon at 4155. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4626 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A J Anderson, a president at Standard Lumber 1940
    • John J Anderson, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Teasdale at 4618 and S Robson at 4632. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: an appraiser, a delicatessen, a driver, a machinist, a president and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 W Anderson at 235 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur W Anderson there as the householder, a machinist at the Province, with Don A Anderson, a driver at Patrick Fuel, Mariam Anderson, and Miriam B Anderson, a stacker at National Paper Box. In 1940 the directory lists V Anderson at 900 West 12th Avenue; 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 Victor Anderson there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists David R Anderson at 1958 West 12th Avenue, a delicatessen. L Anderson is listed at 3914 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Anderson there as the householder, retired.

J M Anderson is listed at 4153 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James M Anderson there as the householder, a salesman at Osler Hammond & Nanton, with Duncan G Anderson, an appraiser at General Appraisal. A J Anderson is listed at 4626 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew J Anderson there as the householder, a president at Standard Lumber, with John J Anderson, a student.

Today

4153 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; 900 West 12th (1972) and 4626 West 12th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 235 West 12th, 1958 West 12th and 3914 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.