A family name on West 30th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Hendersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Henderson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 30th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
Southlands
- 1
3691 West 30th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- M L Henderson, a school vice-principal 1940
Next door in 1940: M H J Rose at 3677. The block, door by door
- 2
3750 West 30th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R B Henderson, a delivery at Dunbar Meat Market 1940
- Mary I Henderson 1940
Next door in 1940: D R Squair at 3728 and F Rogers at 3760. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a delivery and a school vice-principal.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 M L Henderson at 3691 West 30th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Melvin L Henderson there as the householder, a school vice-principal. In 1940 the directory lists R B Henderson at 3750 West 30th Avenue; 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 Robert B Henderson there as the householder, a steam fitter, with Robert Henderson, a delivery at Dunbar Meat Market, and Mary I Henderson.
Today
3750 West 30th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3691 West 30th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Henderson M L3691 West 30th, p. 246
- Henderson Melvin L sch v-prin Van City3691 West 30th, p. 267
- *Henderson R B3750 West 30th, p. 246
- Henderson Mary I3750 West 30th, p. 267
- Henderson Robt B stm ftr3750 West 30th, p. 267
- Henderson Robt del Dunbar Meat Mkt3750 West 30th, 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.