A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hendersons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Henderson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue. 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: four Hendersons at 59 East 7th in 1940. The directories print the name on 108 other streets too, all listed on the Henderson name's own page.
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Where the Hendersons lived
- 1
59 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss A Henderson 1940
- Annie Henderson 1940
- Alice Henderson, a clerk at Canadian Bakeries 1940
- Harold Henderson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: S Straker at 57 and Mt Pleasant Lodge at 75. The block, door by door
- 2
529 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John A Henderson, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: J Baty at 525 and boisdale court at 537. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a laborer and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 Miss A Henderson at 59 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie Henderson there as the householder, with Alice Henderson, a clerk at Canadian Bakeries, and Harold Henderson, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists John A Henderson at 529 East 7th Avenue, on active service.
Today
The City no longer lists 59 East 7th and 529 East 7th, 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.
- Henderson Miss A59 East 7th, p. 189
- Henderson Alice clk Can Bkries59 East 7th, p. 266
- Henderson Annie59 East 7th, p. 266
- Henderson Harold lab59 East 7th, p. 266
- Henderson John A act serv529 East 7th, p. 267
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hendersons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Henderson 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.