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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Andreses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Andres at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Andreses 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

    401 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Andres 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Koch at 413. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2256 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • V C Andres, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Wellman at 2246 and M J Campion at 2266. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4470 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Lena Andres, a maid for E Newman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Mather at 4450 and J E Elkins at 4490. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a longshoreman and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 John Andres at 401 Davie Street. V C Andres is listed at 2256 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Vic C Andres there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Lena Andres at 4470 Osler Street, a maid for E Newman.

Today

4470 Osler still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 2256 Franklin (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 401 Davie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Andreses

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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.