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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Anderson at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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 965 West 15th 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

    942 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Henrietta Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H McDonald at 940 and Mrs M P Glover at 944. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    965 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M R Anderson, a floor layer 1940
    • Eileen J Anderson, a saleswoman for B M Clarke 1940
    • Marion T Anderson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Carslake at 951. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1595 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M A Anderson, widow of A Y 1940
    • Dorothy Y Anderson, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1726 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Anderson, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Jones at 1716 and F Ruddock at 1736. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2356 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Rose Anderson, a maid for W L Keate 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Leith at 2346 and W Wilson at 2366. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2774 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W M Anderson, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Plummer at 2766 and R J Allinson at 2782. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4218 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D S Anderson, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Herbert at 4208 and V J Miller at 4224. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a stenographer (2), a floor layer, a longshoreman, a maid, an on active service and a saleswoman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Henrietta Anderson at 942 West 15th Avenue as the householder. M R Anderson is listed at 965 West 15th Avenue in 1940; 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 Martin R Anderson there as the householder, a floor layer, with Eileen J Anderson, a saleswoman for B M Clarke, and Marion T Anderson, a stenographer.

Mrs M A Anderson is listed at 1595 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Minnie A Anderson there as the householder, widow of A Y, with Dorothy Y Anderson, a stenographer at the BC Government. Mrs A Anderson is listed at 1726 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Amelia Anderson there as the householder, a widow.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Rose Anderson at 2356 West 15th Avenue, a maid for W L Keate. In 1940 the directory lists W M Anderson at 2774 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William M Anderson there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists D S Anderson at 4218 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists D Selwyn Anderson there as the householder, on active service.

Today

942 West 15th, 1595 West 15th, 2356 West 15th and 2774 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1595 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 965 West 15th (1987), 1726 West 15th (1984) and 4218 West 15th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 15 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

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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.