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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Armstrongs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Armstrong at four addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Armstrongs at 224 West 11th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    118 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss M Armstrong 1940
    • Mabel Armstrong, a missionary 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Johnson at 112 and H P Curtis at 124. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    224 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E Armstrong, widow of A 1940
    • Frederick J Armstrong, a funeral director at Armstrong & Co 1940
    • Gordon H Armstrong, a manager at Armstrong & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Briggs at 214 and J Sutherland at 234. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1735 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E J Armstrong, who worked for BC Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Armistead at 1725 and C A Wallace at 1743. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4022 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Betty Armstrong, a maid for J F Mussenden 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladys Convent Our at 4000 and A J Sipes at 4036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an employee, a funeral director, a maid, a manager and a missionary. Two of them worked for Armstrong & Co. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 Miss M Armstrong at 118 West 11th Avenue; 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 Mabel Armstrong there as the householder, a missionary. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Armstrong at 224 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Armstrong there as the householder, widow of A, with Frederick J Armstrong, a funeral director at Armstrong & Co, and Gordon H Armstrong, a manager at Armstrong & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists E J Armstrong at 1735 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Elmo J Armstrong there as the householder, who worked for BC Box. The 1940 name section lists Betty Armstrong at 4022 West 11th Avenue, a maid for J F Mussenden.

Today

118 West 11th and 224 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1735 West 11th and 4022 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.