A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Armstrongs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Armstrong at three addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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
Southlands
- 1
311 West 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- H Armstrong, a manager at Robertson's Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Mar at 327. The block, door by door
- 2
376 West 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Jean Armstrong, a maid for G C Watson 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Smith at 352 and W G S Wilson at 386. The block, door by door
- 3
3282 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G S Armstrong, of Armstrong-Smith Agencies 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Wilson at 3276 and J E Stewart at 3288. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a maid and a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 H Armstrong at 311 West 21st 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 Howard Armstrong there as the householder, a manager at Robertson's Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Jean Armstrong at 376 West 21st Avenue, a maid for G C Watson.
G S Armstrong is listed at 3282 West 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon S Armstrong there as the householder, of Armstrong-Smith Agencies.
Today
311 West 21st and 376 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946; 3282 West 21st (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Armstrong H311 West 21st, p. 233
- Armstrong Howard mgr Robertson's Bkries311 West 21st, p. 19
- Armstrong Jean maid G C Watson376 West 21st, p. 19
- Armstrong G S3282 West 21st, p. 233
- Armstrong Gordon S of Armstrong-Smith Agcies3282 West 21st, 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.