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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Anderson at five addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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

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

    353 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Carl A Anderson, a chauffeur at City Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: L E Herchmer at 345 and Miss E M Condell at 375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    705 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Delphia Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Orr at 715. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    846 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • O A Anderson, a helper at BC Fir 1940
    • Frank Anderson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Lewis at 838 and W J Higgins at 856. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1595 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Albert Anderson, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Ohashi at 1587. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2227 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Hayes at 2223 and Mrs R Rains at 2235. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a chauffeur, a helper and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Carl A Anderson at 353 West 8th Avenue, a chauffeur at City Taxi. The 1940 name section lists Delphia Anderson at 705 West 8th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists O A Anderson at 846 West 8th 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 O Aug Anderson there as the householder, a helper at BC Fir, with Frank Anderson, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Albert Anderson at 1595 West 8th Avenue, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Anderson at 2227 West 8th Avenue, retired.

Today

The City no longer lists 353 West 8th, 705 West 8th, 846 West 8th, 1595 West 8th and 2227 West 8th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Andersons

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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.