A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Hendersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Henderson at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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
- 1
- 2
1115 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ken Henderson, proprietor of Henderson's Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: L A Hickson at 1113 and G A Southgate at 1117. The block, door by door
- 3
1432 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- H W Handerson 1940
Next door in 1940: W Pickard at 1422 and Mrs F Stockwell at 1438. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Arne Henderson at 435 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Ken Henderson at 1115 West Pender Street, proprietor of Henderson's Garage. The 1940 name section lists H W Handerson at 1432 West Pender Street.
Today
435 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1115 West Pender and 1432 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Henderson Arne435 West Pender, p. 266
- Henderson Ken prop Henderson's Gar1115 West Pender, p. 267
- Handerson H W1432 West Pender, p. 252
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.