A family name on East 51st Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
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 51st 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 2260 East 51st 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
892 East 51st Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- H A Hansen, a driver for Kelly Douglas 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Junke at 880. The block, door by door
- 2
2260 East 51st Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- U Hansen, a log deckman at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Alf L Hansen, a bull saw at Canadian White Pine 1940
- William Hansen, a shoe repairer at Woodward's Shoe Repairing 1940
Next door in 1940: J Le Bihan at 2236 and Mrs M M Cyr at 2268. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a bull saw, a driver, a log deckman and a shoe repairer. Two of them worked for Canadian White Pine.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 A Hansen at 892 East 51st 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 Henry A Hansen there as the householder, a driver for Kelly Douglas. In 1940 the directory lists U Hansen at 2260 East 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ulrik Hansen there as the householder, a log deckman at Canadian White Pine, with Alf L Hansen, a bull saw at Canadian White Pine, and William Hansen, a shoe repairer at Woodward's Shoe Repairing.
Today
2260 East 51st (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 892 East 51st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hansen H A892 East 51st, p. 266
- Hansen Henry A drvr Kelly Douglas892 East 51st, p. 253
- *Hansen U2260 East 51st, p. 266
- Hansen Alf L bull saw Can White Pine2260 East 51st, p. 252
- Hansen Ulrik log deckmn Can White Pine2260 East 51st, p. 253
- Hansen Wm shoe repr Woodwards Shoe Reprg2260 East 51st, p. 253
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hansens
Every directory, as one book
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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.