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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Hendersons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at six addresses

The directories print 13 people named Henderson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hendersons at 1797 West 11th 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

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

    1645 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H Henderson 1940
    • Helen O Henderson, a stenographer at General Securities 1940
    • Marie N Henderson, a stenographer at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Guy at 1635 and G A Morrison at 1655. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1797 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M F Henderson, widow of H 1940
    • Anna A Henderson, a stenographer at the Dominion of Canadian General Insurance 1940
    • Florence M Henderson, a school teacher 1940
    • William E W Henderson, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Speirs at 1795. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1896 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Wilhelmina Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Wood at 1886. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2873 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Henderson, widow of P B 1940
    • L Isobel Henderson, a hairdresser for Elizabeth Louise 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Smith at 2865. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3862 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A H Henderson, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D M McFeely at 3854 and C F Timms at 3870. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4248 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S B Henderson, a manager at Peerless Products 1940
    • Percy Henderson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Cornell at 4244 and D McGlashan at 4254. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 13: a stenographer (3), a dentist, a hairdresser, a longshoreman, a manager and a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey (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 Mrs H Henderson at 1645 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Helen Henderson there as the householder, with Helen O Henderson, a stenographer at General Securities, and Marie N Henderson, a stenographer at Shell Oil. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M F Henderson at 1797 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Matilda F Henderson there as the householder, widow of H, with Anna A Henderson, a stenographer at the Dominion of Canadian General Insurance, Florence M Henderson, a school teacher, and William E W Henderson, a longshoreman.

The 1940 name section lists Wilhelmina Henderson at 1896 West 11th Avenue. Mrs A Henderson is listed at 2873 West 11th 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 Annie Henderson there as the householder, widow of P B, with L Isobel Henderson, a hairdresser for Elizabeth Louise.

A H Henderson is listed at 3862 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H Henderson there as the householder, a dentist. S B Henderson is listed at 4248 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan B Henderson there as the householder, a manager at Peerless Products, with Percy Henderson, retired.

Today

1645 West 11th, 2873 West 11th, 3862 West 11th and 4248 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1797 West 11th and 1896 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.