A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Hansens
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Hansen at three addresses in 1940, all on West 6th Avenue, 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
- 1
408 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Jacob K Hansen, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: R de Banou at 404 and Y Takahashi at 414. The block, door by door
- 2
2185 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A E Hansen, a meat cutter at Safeway 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H A Crippen at 2177. The block, door by door
- 3
2214 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- M L Hansen, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Burnett at 2222. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a meat cutter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Jacob K Hansen at 408 West 6th Avenue, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital. A E Hansen is listed at 2185 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alf E Hansen there as the householder, a meat cutter at Safeway.
M L Hansen is listed at 2214 West 6th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Martinus L Hansen there as the householder, retired.
Today
The City no longer lists 408 West 6th, 2185 West 6th and 2214 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hansen Jacob K hlpr Van Genl Hosp408 West 6th, p. 253
- Hansen A E2185 West 6th, p. 188
- Hansen Alf E meat ctr Safeway2185 West 6th, p. 252
- *Hansen M L2214 West 6th, p. 188
- Hansen Martinus L retired2214 West 6th, p. 253
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.