A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Jensens
In the city directories 1940 · 65 addresses on 52 streets
The directories print the Jensen name at 65 addresses on 52 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Jensens lived
- Downtown15 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Marpole1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Strathcona1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Cambie StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: J E Jensen, Harold Jensen and J E Jensen1940
- 2Hamilton StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: James Jensen, Mauris Jensen and W Jensen1940
- 3Beatrice StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: A Jensen, P M Jensen and Martha H Jensen1940
- 4Burrard StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: J Jensen and V Jensen1940
- 5Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Helen Jensen and Richard B Jensen1940
- 6East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A M Jensen and Mrs Viola I Jensen1940
- 7East 24th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: A B Jensen, J M Jensen, Elva Jensen and one more1940
- 8East 59th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: C Jensen and Mrs E E Jensen1940
- 9Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Marinus Jensen, Nels Jensen and Orville Jensen1940
- 10Pandora StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: A Jensen, J M Jensen and Stan Jensen1940
- 11Parker StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: I A Jensen and Henrietta Jensen1940
- 12Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Frederick J Jensen1940
40 more streets, by name: Chester Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Fremlin Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Homer Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Lancaster Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Prior Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 65 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 33; each street's page names them.
The book of the Jensens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Jensen 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under J. Want a name removed? Tell us.