A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hankinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Hankinson at one address, 3455 West 31st Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Hankinsons at home
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3455 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss B Hankinson 1940
- Bessie Hankinson, a school teacher 1940
- Thomas E Hankinson, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: A S Young at 3445 and F B Smith at 3475. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Miss B Hankinson at 3455 West 31st 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 Bessie Hankinson there as the householder, a school teacher, with Thomas E Hankinson, a carpenter.
Today
3455 West 31st (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hankinson Miss B3455 West 31st, p. 247
- Hankinson Bessie sch tchr Van City3455 West 31st, p. 252
- Hankinson Thos E carp3455 West 31st, p. 252
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hankinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hankinson 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.