A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Andersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Anderson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 26th Avenue. 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
- 1
753 West 26th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Margaret Anderson, a maid at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: P M Lye at 745 and W H Wilson at 761. The block, door by door
- 2
1245 West 26th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs Anderson, a housekeeper for H F Montgomery 1940
Next door in 1940: M Freeman at 1235 and L E Nicholson at 1255. The block, door by door
- 3
3383 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Henriette Anderson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs P Fahrni at 3375 and G O Stewart at 3391. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a housekeeper and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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 Margaret Anderson at 753 West 26th Avenue, a maid at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Anderson at 1245 West 26th Avenue, a housekeeper for H F Montgomery. The 1940 name section lists Henriette Anderson at 3383 West 26th Avenue.
Today
753 West 26th and 3383 West 26th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1245 West 26th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Anderson Margt maid Shaugh Hosp Can Govt753 West 26th, p. 14
- Anderson Mrs hsekpr H F Montgomery1245 West 26th, p. 12
- Anderson Henriette3383 West 26th, p. 13
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.