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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Henneys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Henney 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: four Henneys at 2997 West 38th in 1940.

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Where the Henneys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3119 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J T Henney, a painter at BC Sugar 1940
    • Gordon Henney, a mechanic at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Partridge at 3117 and A D Duncan at 3123. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6823 Lanark Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Henney, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Rodger at 6839. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2997 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J T Henney, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Cath M Henney, a maid for G G Heighway 1940
    • Florence Henney 1940
    • Thomas R Henney, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Hougham at 2987. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a logger, a maid, a mechanic, a painter, a school janitor and a waiter. Two of them worked for BC Sugar.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 J T Henney at 3119 East 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John T Henney there as the householder, a painter at BC Sugar, with Gordon Henney, a mechanic at BC Sugar. In 1940 the directory lists J Henney at 6823 Lanark Street. The 1940 name section lists John Henney there as the householder, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships.

In 1940 the directory lists J T Henney at 2997 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T Henney there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver, with Cath M Henney, a maid for G G Heighway, Florence Henney, and Thomas R Henney, a logger.

Today

2997 West 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 3119 East 28th (1983) and 6823 Lanark (1991) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, street section

The book of the Henneys

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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.