A family name on Oxford Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Armstrong at two addresses in 1940, all on Oxford Street. 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: three Armstrongs at 3642 Oxford 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
2526 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W Armstrong, a foreman at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Honsberger at 2516 and O P Landstrom at 2536. The block, door by door
- 2
3642 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J D Armstrong, an oiler at the Union Steamship Company 1940
- Florence J Armstrong 1940
- Mona M Armstrong 1940
Next door in 1940: C M Butler at 3636 and C See at 3648. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a foreman and an oiler.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 W Armstrong at 2526 Oxford 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Armstrong there as the householder, a foreman at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists J D Armstrong at 3642 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John D Armstrong there as the householder, with John D Armstrong Jr, an oiler at the Union Steamship Company, Florence J Armstrong, and Mona M Armstrong.
Today
3642 Oxford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2526 Oxford, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Armstrong W2526 Oxford, p. 124
- Armstrong Wm formn Can White Pine2526 Oxford, p. 19
- *Armstrong J D3642 Oxford, p. 124
- Armstrong Florence J3642 Oxford, p. 19
- Armstrong John D Ingshmn3642 Oxford, p. 19
- Armstrong John D Jr oiler USS3642 Oxford, p. 19
- Armstrong Mona M3642 Oxford, 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.