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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Anderson at five addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Andersons at 1853 West Broadway 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

    1286 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Anderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Howell at 1274 and J Savage at 1294. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1853 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss P Anderson 1940
    • Pauline Anderson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Leslie R Anderson 1940
    • Margaret S Anderson, of Eve-Marine Beauty Parlor 1940
    • William Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Freeman at 1847 and Mrs E Fortin at 1863. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2206 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A A Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Rogers at 2204 and A Christy at 2208. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2701 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Emily Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Up-to-date Permanent Wave Shop at 2705. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3115 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W E Anderson, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Foto-Craft at 3109. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the nine: an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) and Fairview. 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 Anderson at 1286 West Broadway; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred Anderson there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Miss P Anderson at 1853 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Pauline Anderson there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Leslie R Anderson, Margaret S Anderson, of Eve-Marine Beauty Parlor, and William Anderson.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A A Anderson at 2206 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Alice A Anderson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Emily Anderson at 2701 West Broadway. W E Anderson, a dentist, is listed at 3115 West Broadway in 1940.

Today

The City no longer lists 1286 West Broadway, 1853 West Broadway, 2206 West Broadway, 2701 West Broadway and 3115 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.