A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses
The directories print seven people named Armstrong at two addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Armstrongs at 11 East Broadway in 1940. 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
11 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- T Armstrong, an assistant baggage master at the CPR 1940
- Leonard G Armstrong, a reservation clerk at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
- Russell A Armstrong, an elevator operator at the Ritz Apartment Hotel 1940
- Ruth E Armstrong 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Hoole at 9. The block, door by door
- 2
109 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss L M Armstrong 1940
- Lily M Armstrong, a finisher for G L Pop 1940
- Myrtle H Armstrong, who worked for Empire Cleaners 1940
Next door in 1940: Mayfair Candy Co at 107 and P D Reid at 147. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an assistant baggage master, an elevator operator, a finisher and a reservation clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 T Armstrong at 11 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Armstrong there as the householder, an assistant baggage master at the CPR, with Leonard G Armstrong, a reservation clerk at the BC Coast Steamship Service, Russell A Armstrong, an elevator operator at the Ritz Apartment Hotel, and Ruth E Armstrong. In 1940 the directory lists Miss L M Armstrong at 109 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Lily M Armstrong there as the householder, a finisher for G L Pop, with Myrtle H Armstrong, who worked for Empire Cleaners.
Today
The City no longer lists 11 East Broadway and 109 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Armstrong T11 East Broadway, p. 14
- Armstrong Leonard G reservation clk BCCSS11 East Broadway, p. 19
- Armstrong Russell A elev opr Ritz Apt Hotel11 East Broadway, p. 19
- Armstrong Ruth E11 East Broadway, p. 19
- Armstrong Thos asst bge mstr CPR11 East Broadway, p. 19
- Armstrong Miss L M109 East Broadway, p. 15
- Armstrong Lily M fnshr G L Pop109 East Broadway, p. 19
- Armstrong Myrtle H Indrs Empire Clnrs109 East Broadway, p. 19
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.