A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Anweilers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Anweiler 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 Anweilers lived
- 1
6425 Adera Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Christine Anweiller, a maid at H R Butler 1940
Next door in 1940: E S Busby at 6445. The block, door by door
- 2
1433 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Christine Annweiller, a waitress at The Marylyn 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Oehlerking at 1415 and C H Wagstaff at 1447. The block, door by door
- 3
3258 Charles Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Anweiler, a dealer for J R Watkins 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Glenn at 3254 and E P Mahlman at 3264. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a dealer, a maid and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 Christine Anweiller at 6425 Adera Street, a maid at H R Butler. The 1940 name section lists Christine Annweiller at 1433 Barclay Street, a waitress at The Marylyn. In 1940 the directory lists J Anweiler at 3258 Charles 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 Jake Anweiler there as the householder, a dealer for J R Watkins.
Today
6425 Adera still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1433 Barclay and 3258 Charles, so those buildings are 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.
- Anweiller Christine maid H R Butler6425 Adera, p. 16
- Annweiller Christine waitress The Marylyn1433 Barclay, p. 16
- *Anweiler J3258 Charles, p. 29
- Anweiler Jake dlr J R Watkins3258 Charles, p. 16
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Anweilers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Anweiler name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.