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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Hansens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hansen at four addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street, with the close spelling Hanssen. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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

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

    403 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Rasmus Hansen, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    523 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Hansen, a fisherman 1940
    • Ella Hansen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sjovik at 507 and Mrs T Haidechuk at 527. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1036 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Hansen, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1755 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Arthur Hansen, a driver at Ryan Messengers 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Baldwin at 1747 and Steam Baths Crystal at 1763. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a fisherman (2), a carpenter and a driver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Rasmus Hansen at 403 East Hastings Street, a fisherman. J Hansen is listed at 523 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Hansen there as the householder, a fisherman, with Ella Hansen.

C Hansen is listed at 1036 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl Hansen there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Hansen at 1755 East Hastings Street, a driver at Ryan Messengers.

Today

403 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 523 East Hastings, 1036 East Hastings and 1755 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Hansens

Every directory, as one book

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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.