A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hansens
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Hansen at two addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd Avenue, with the close spelling Hanssen. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hansens at 1920 East 2nd in 1940. The directories print the name on 52 other streets too, all listed on the Hansen name's own page.
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Where the Hansens lived
- 1
1336 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- T Hansen, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Witham at 1332 and M P L Hickey at 1344. The block, door by door
- 2
1920 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G H O Hansen, a machinist at Chapman's Motor Machine Shop 1940
- George M Hansen, an apprentice 1940
- Muriel M Hansen, a waitress at Fish & Oyster Bar 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E R Wright at 1924. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, an engineer, a machinist and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 T Hansen at 1336 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Hansen there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists G H O Hansen at 1920 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George H O Hansen there as the householder, a machinist at Chapman's Motor Machine Shop, with George M Hansen, an apprentice, and Muriel M Hansen, a waitress at Fish & Oyster Bar.
Today
1336 East 2nd and 1920 East 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hansen T1336 East 2nd, p. 175
- Hansen Thos eng1336 East 2nd, p. 253
- Hansen G H O1920 East 2nd, p. 175
- Hansen Geo H O mach Chapman's Motor Machine Shop1920 East 2nd, p. 253
- Hansen Geo M appr1920 East 2nd, p. 253
- Hansen Muriel M waitress Fish & Oyster Bar1920 East 2nd, p. 253
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hansens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hansen 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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Another name, or a house
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.