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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Hendersons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Henderson at five addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street. 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 108 other streets too, all listed on the Henderson name's own page.

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Where the Hendersons 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

    1144 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E Margaret Henderson, a demonstrator at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M P Denholm at 1132 and D McL Robertson at 1150. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1206 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Merle Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Everett at 1230. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1349 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alex Henderson, a salesman at Walker & Worsley 1940
    • James Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Allen at 1343. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1629 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L Patrick at 1623 and F H Miles at 1637. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1906 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • William Henderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Abbott at 1918. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a demonstrator and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Mrs E Margaret Henderson at 1144 Haro Street, a demonstrator at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Merle Henderson at 1206 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Henderson at 1349 Haro Street, a salesman at Walker & Worsley, with James Henderson.

A Henderson is listed at 1629 Haro Street 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 Andrew Henderson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists William Henderson at 1906 Haro Street, retired.

Today

1906 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; 1629 Haro (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1144 Haro, 1206 Haro and 1349 Haro, 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 Hendersons

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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.