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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fransens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Fransen at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Fransens 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Irene Fransen, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    429 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs H Fransen, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yin Nam Lee at 421 and Svea Rooms at 431. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4868 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • O L Fransen 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Meier at 4854. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2416 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Fransen, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Rush at 2406 and sheila lodge at 2426. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a nurse. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Strathcona and West End. 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 Irene Fransen at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. Mrs H Fransen is listed at 429 East Pender Street 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 Hulda Fransen there as the householder, widow of C.

O L Fransen is listed at 4868 Knight Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Otto L Fransen there as the householder. Mrs M Fransen is listed at 2416 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Matilda Fransen there as the householder, widow of A.

Today

429 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 4868 Knight (1995) and 2416 West 3rd (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 429 East Pender: no archive photo of the 400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Fransens

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.