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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Anderson at nine addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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

    435 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Peter Anderson, a logger 1940
  2. 2

    515 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Don Anderson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Harling & Spragg at 513 and Harvey & Riach at 519. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    834 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Willson Staty Co Ltd at 830 and A Campbell at 838. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1002 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Marguerite D Anderson, proprietor of Marguerite's Permanent Wave Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: Odlum Printing Co at 1004. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1010 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F R Anderson, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hepplewhite at 1008 and Mrs N Stone at 1012. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1035 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John W Anderson, a chiropractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1120 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles D Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W H Mackay at 1114 and T Nakamura at 1122. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1140 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William M Anderson, a draftsman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1193 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Anderson, a fisherman 1940
    • Mrs Anna N Anderson, proprietor of The Gareloch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Meredith Motors (gar) at 1157. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a proprietor (2), a chiropractor, a draftsman, a fisherman, a laborer and a logger.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (9). 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 Peter Anderson at 435 West Pender Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Don Anderson at 515 West Pender Street, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists S Anderson at 834 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marguerite D Anderson at 1002 West Pender Street, proprietor of Marguerite's Permanent Wave Salon.

In 1940 the directory lists F R Anderson, a barrister, at 1010 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists John W Anderson at 1035 West Pender Street, a chiropractor. The 1940 name section lists Charles D Anderson at 1120 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists William M Anderson at 1140 West Pender Street, a draftsman.

In 1940 the directory lists J Anderson at 1193 West Pender Street; 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 John Anderson there as the householder, a fisherman, with Mrs Anna N Anderson, proprietor of The Gareloch.

Today

435 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 515 West Pender (1996) and 1140 West Pender (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 834 West Pender, 1002 West Pender, 1010 West Pender, 1035 West Pender, 1120 West Pender and 1193 West Pender, 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, 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.