A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
The Jensens
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Jensen at two addresses in 1940, all on Hornby Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 51 other streets too, all listed on the Jensen name's own page.
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Where the Jensens lived
- 1
506 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Nels Jensen, a master mariner at Pacific Cayle Navigation 1940
Next door in 1940: S Baker at 510. The block, door by door
- 2
611 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Marinus Jensen, a cook at Bert's Cafe 1940
- Orville Jensen, a helper at Bert's Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: S Nelson at 603 and Miss A Rachart at 623. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a cook, a helper and a master mariner. Two of them worked for Bert's Cafe.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Nels Jensen at 506 Hornby Street, a master mariner at Pacific Cayle Navigation. The 1940 name section lists Marinus Jensen at 611 Hornby Street, a cook at Bert's Cafe, with Orville Jensen, a helper at Bert's Cafe.
Today
The City no longer lists 506 Hornby and 611 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jensen Nels mstr mrnr Pac Cayle Nav506 Hornby, p. 303
- Jensen Marinus cook Bert's Cafe611 Hornby, p. 303
- Jensen Orville hlpr Bert's Cafe611 Hornby, p. 303
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.