A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Armstrong at four addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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
214 West 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W J M Armstrong, who worked for Thai Consulate General 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Hawkins at 234. The block, door by door
- 2
1379 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Kathleen Armstrong, a visitor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: st george's apts at 1375 and Mrs K F Robinson at 1381. The block, door by door
- 3
3887 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W M Armstrong, a school teacher 1940
- Gwen Armstrong 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Munro at 3879 and H W Cook at 3897. The block, door by door
- 4
4514 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- M L Armstrong, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: H E Thornton at 4504 and C L Watts at 4528. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a salesman, a school teacher and a visitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 W J M Armstrong at 214 West 15th Avenue, who worked for Thai Consulate General. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Armstrong at 1379 West 15th Avenue, a visitor at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists W M Armstrong at 3887 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William M Armstrong there as the householder, a school teacher, with Gwen Armstrong.
In 1940 the directory lists M L Armstrong at 4514 West 15th 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 lists Marshall L Armstrong there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies.
Today
1379 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 214 West 15th (1980), 3887 West 15th (2021) and 4514 West 15th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Armstrong W J M Watson consul genl Thai Consulate Genl214 West 15th, p. 19
- Armstrong Kathleen visitor BC Govt1379 West 15th, p. 19
- Armstrong W M3887 West 15th, p. 221
- Armstrong Gwen3887 West 15th, p. 19
- Armstrong Wm M sch tchr Van City3887 West 15th, p. 19
- *Armstrong M L4514 West 15th, p. 221
- Armstrong Marshall L slsmn Assoc Dairies4514 West 15th, 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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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.