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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Henns

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Henn at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hen. 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 Henns at 1916 Kitchener in 1940.

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Where the Henns 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

    1172 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anna Henn, a laundress at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: florida (the) at 1170 and Miss E H M Baillie at 1176. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    155 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sang Tong Hen, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sang Jong at 153 and city public market office at 195. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3976 Glen Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Edith Henn, a telephone operator at Slade & Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M MacDonald at 3960 and A B Scott at 3990. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1916 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W A Henn 1940
    • David J Henn, an operator at Leckie 1940
    • Hilda Henn, a packer at Famous Foods 1940

    Next door in 1940: L B Foley at 1924. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3050 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H C Henn, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an employee, a laundress, an operator, a packer, a telephone operator and a tobacco.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Anna Henn at 1172 Barclay Street, a laundress at the St Paul's Hospital. Sang Tong Hen, in tobacco, is listed at 155 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sang Tong Hen there, in tobacco. The 1940 name section lists Edith Henn at 3976 Glen Drive, a telephone operator at Slade & Stewart.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Henn at 1916 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists William A Henn there as the householder, with David J Henn, an operator at Leckie, and Hilda Henn, a packer at Famous Foods. In 1940 the directory lists H C Henn at 3050 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Harold C Henn there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

1172 Barclay, 155 East Pender, 3976 Glen Drive, 1916 Kitchener and 3050 Oak still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Henns

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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.