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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hendrens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Hendren at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hendrens at 851 Bidwell in 1940.

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Where the Hendrens 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

    851 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • C T Hendren, a salesman at Hub 1940
    • Frank T Hendren, a salesman at Charlton & Morgan 1940
    • Lisle A Hendren, a shipper at Mackay Smith Blair 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C R Purdy at 825 and Rev L Amor at 891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3266 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs M Hendren, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Steele at 3260 and H Steele at 3274. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    900 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Frank Hendren, a scaler at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch See-More at 902. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a salesman (2), a scaler and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and West End. 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 C T Hendren at 851 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles T Hendren there as the householder, a salesman at Hub, with Frank T Hendren, a salesman at Charlton & Morgan, and Lisle A Hendren, a shipper at Mackay Smith Blair. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Hendren at 3266 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Mary Hendren there as the householder, widow of J.

The 1940 name section lists E Frank Hendren at 900 Seymour Street, a scaler at the BC Government.

Today

851 Bidwell and 900 Seymour still have their buildings from before 1946; 3266 East Georgia (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.