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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Jenkinses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Jenkins at three addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. 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 Jenkinses at 665 West Broadway in 1940. The directories print the name on 39 other streets too, all listed on the Jenkins name's own page.

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Where the Jenkinses 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

    189 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs H S Jenkins, widow of E J 1940
    • Leslie J A Jenkins, a laundryman at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Thorburn at 175 and S E Rymal at 195. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    638 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • R E Jenkins, a barber 1940
    • John Jenkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ferguson & Hart at 636 and D Robinson at 640. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    665 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • W D Jenkins, a stone mason 1940
    • A Irene Jenkins, a stenographer at Prud Insurance 1940
    • Olive C Jenkins, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Yanovich at 671. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a stenographer (2), a barber, a laundryman and a stone mason. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs H S Jenkins at 189 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harriett S Jenkins there as the householder, widow of E J, with Leslie J A Jenkins, a laundryman at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists R E Jenkins at 638 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Jenkins there as the householder, a barber, with John Jenkins.

In 1940 the directory lists W D Jenkins at 665 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists William D Jenkins there as the householder, a stone mason, with A Irene Jenkins, a stenographer at Prud Insurance, and Olive C Jenkins, a stenographer.

Today

638 West Broadway and 665 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 189 West Broadway (1985) has a newer building, 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

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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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.