A family name on East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Armstrong at three addresses in 1940, all on East 20th Avenue. 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 96 other streets too, all listed on the Armstrong name's own page.
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Where the Armstrongs lived
- 1
1426 East 20th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Cora M Armstrong, a student at UBC 1940
- James T Armstrong, of Armstrong & Laing 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Stark at 1432. The block, door by door
- 2
3055 East 20th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- G A Armstrong, a salesman at Western Cap 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Bowden at 3047 and W E Armstrong at 3085. The block, door by door
- 3
3085 East 20th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W E Armstrong, proprietor of Personal Service Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Armstrong at 3055. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Cora M Armstrong at 1426 East 20th Avenue, a student at UBC, with James T Armstrong, of Armstrong & Laing. G A Armstrong is listed at 3055 East 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George A Armstrong there as the householder, a salesman at Western Cap.
W E Armstrong is listed at 3085 East 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter E Armstrong there as the householder, proprietor of Personal Service Garage.
Today
3055 East 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 3085 East 20th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1426 East 20th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Armstrong Cora M studt UBC1426 East 20th, p. 18
- Armstrong Jas T of Armstrong & Laing1426 East 20th, p. 19
- Armstrong G A3055 East 20th, p. 230
- Armstrong Geo A slsmn Western Cap3055 East 20th, p. 19
- Armstrong W E3085 East 20th, p. 230
- Armstrong Walter E prop Personal Serv Gar3085 East 20th, p. 19
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Armstrongs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Armstrong 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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Another name, or a house
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.