A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ansdells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Ansdell at one address, 2170 Turner Street in Grandview-Woodland, in 1940.
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The Ansdells at home
Woodland
- 1
2170 Turner Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs F K M Ansdell, widow of J 1940
- Bernard Ansdell, an operator at Leckie 1940
- John Ansdell, a helper at BC Leather 1940
- Thomas Ansdell 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Leitch at 2162 and D J Sprowell at 2172. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a helper and an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mrs F K M Ansdell at 2170 Turner Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence K M Ansdell there as the householder, widow of J, with Bernard Ansdell, an operator at Leckie, John Ansdell, a helper at BC Leather, and Thomas Ansdell.
Today
The City no longer lists 2170 Turner, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ansdell Mrs F K M2170 Turner, p. 158
- Ansdell Bernard opr Leckie2170 Turner, p. 16
- Ansdell Florence K M wid J2170 Turner, p. 16
- Ansdell John hlpr BC Leather2170 Turner, p. 16
- Ansdell Thos2170 Turner, p. 16
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ansdells
Every directory, as one book
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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.