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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Armstrongs

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Armstrong at six addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 543 West 8th 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

    543 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J R Armstrong, a laborer 1940
    • Pearl Armstrong, a maid for S W Hardy 1940
    • Roy Armstrong, a boxmaker at McLeod Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: Munsha Singh at 535 and Y Harada at 577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    686 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G M Armstrong, a warehouseman at Alcock Downing & Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Billis at 676. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1064 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mervyn Armstrong, a messman at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Ito at 1060 and R W Cloke at 1074. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2455 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R Armstrong, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Ranks at 2445 and F Wingert at 2465. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3373 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N L Armstrong, a managing director for Laucks Laboratories 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stark at 3347 and G T Ogston at 3395. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4320 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R Armstrong 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M J S Colman at 4312 and F Munro at 4326. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a boxmaker, a laborer, a maid, a managing director, a messman and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (2) 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 J R Armstrong at 543 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Roy Armstrong there as the householder, a laborer, with Pearl Armstrong, a maid for S W Hardy, and Roy Armstrong, a boxmaker at McLeod Box. In 1940 the directory lists G M Armstrong at 686 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gordon M Armstrong there as the householder, a warehouseman at Alcock Downing & Wright.

The 1940 name section lists Mervyn Armstrong at 1064 West 8th Avenue, a messman at Imperial Oil. R Armstrong is listed at 2455 West 8th Avenue in 1940; 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 Richard Armstrong there as the householder, a salesman.

N L Armstrong is listed at 3373 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman L Armstrong there as the householder, a managing director for Laucks Laboratories. R Armstrong is listed at 4320 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Armstrong there as the householder.

Today

2455 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3373 West 8th (1980) and 4320 West 8th (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 543 West 8th, 686 West 8th and 1064 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.