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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hendersons

In the city directories 1940 · 165 addresses on 109 streets

The directories print the Henderson name at 165 addresses on 109 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Hendersons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End23 addresses
  2. Downtown17 addresses
  3. Kitsilano15 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands13 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage13 addresses
  6. Fairview10 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant9 addresses
  8. West Point Grey9 addresses
  9. Grandview-Woodland8 addresses
  10. Sunset7 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  12. Shaughnessy6 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood5 addresses
  14. Riley Park5 addresses
  15. South Cambie5 addresses
  16. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  17. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  18. Marpole3 addresses
  19. Strathcona3 addresses
  20. Killarney1 address
  21. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Robson StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; eight people: L Henderson, S M Henderson, K Henderson and five more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 11th AvenueSix addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 13 people: A H Henderson, Mrs A Henderson, Mrs H Henderson and ten more
    1940
  3. 3
    Haro StreetFive addresses in West End; six people: A Henderson, Alex Henderson, James Henderson and three more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 23rd AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park, South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; seven people: D Henderson, Mrs A L Henderson, Mrs R A Henderson and four more
    1940
  5. 5
    Collingwood StreetThree addresses in Kitsilano and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: F Henderson, T N Henderson, W W Henderson and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    Franklin StreetThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J D Henderson, Mrs J Henderson and Henderson (no first name printed)
    1940
  7. 7
    Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: W A Henderson, Henry Henderson and Mildred C V Henderson
    1940
  8. 8
    West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; four people: J G Henderson, Ada H Henderson, Barbara A Henderson and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: A Henderson, R Henderson, W G Henderson and three more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 36th AvenueThree addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: Mrs E Henderson, Edith McL Henderson, Edith V Henderson and two more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 37th AvenueThree addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: L G Henderson, Alex Henderson and John R Henderson
    1940
  12. 12
    West 6th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: Frances Henderson, Mrs Margaret Henderson and Rebecca A Henderson
    1940

97 more streets, by name: Adera Street (1), Alberni Street (2), Balsam Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (2), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cotton Drive (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 12th Avenue (2), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (2), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Frances Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Granville Street (2), Guelph Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Hawks Avenue (1), Helmcken Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), John Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kootenay Street (1), Locarno Crescent (1), Main Street (2), Matthews Avenue (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Nootka Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Oxford Street (2), Parker Street (1), Pine Street (1), Prince Edward Street (2), Renfrew Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Taunton Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Trimble Street (1), Vanness Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (2), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 30th Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 68th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (2), West Pender Street (3), William Street (1), Yew Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 165 addresses, 64 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 29 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 70; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.