A family name on Renfrew Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Armstrong at two addresses in 1940, all on Renfrew Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2351 Renfrew Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R W Armstrong, a driver at Mayfair Butter 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Dorsett at 2317. The block, door by door
- 2
2416 Renfrew Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R A Armstrong, a shipper at Mayfair Butter 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Simpson at 2406 and Mrs E Brown at 2460. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a driver and a shipper. Two of them worked for Mayfair Butter.
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 R W Armstrong at 2351 Renfrew 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 Ralph W Armstrong there as the householder, a driver at Mayfair Butter. In 1940 the directory lists R A Armstrong at 2416 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Armstrong there as the householder, a shipper at Mayfair Butter.
Today
2351 Renfrew (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2416 Renfrew, so that building is 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.
- *Armstrong R W2351 Renfrew, p. 140
- Armstrong Ralph W drvr Mayfair Butter2351 Renfrew, p. 19
- *Armstrong R A2416 Renfrew, p. 140
- Armstrong Robt A shpr Mayfair Butter2416 Renfrew, 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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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.