A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hansens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hansen at two addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street, 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 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
2682 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E T Hansen, a branch manager at Cunningham Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: T Morris at 2674 and C F Newton at 2688. The block, door by door
- 2
2703 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Hansen, a master mariner at Kelley Log 1940
Next door in 1940: R C Godfrey at 2709. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a branch manager and a master mariner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 E T Hansen at 2682 Franklin Street; 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 Edgar T Hansen there as the householder, a branch manager at Cunningham Drug. In 1940 the directory lists H Hansen at 2703 Franklin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold Hansen there as the householder, a master mariner at Kelley Log.
Today
2703 Franklin still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2682 Franklin (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hansen E T2682 Franklin, p. 52
- Hansen Edgar T br mgr Cunningham Drug2682 Franklin, p. 252
- *Hansen H2703 Franklin, p. 52
- Hansen Harold mstr mrnr Kelley Log2703 Franklin, 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.