A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Monsens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Monsen at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Monsens lived
- 1
3838 Cypress Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Gunhild Monsen, a maid at Hon E W Hamber 1940
Next door in 1940: D Ryan at 3890. The block, door by door
- 2
790 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R M Monsen, proprietor of the North Star Inn 1940
Next door in 1940: Oak Rooms at 786. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a maid and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 Gunhild Monsen at 3838 Cypress Street, a maid at Hon E W Hamber. R M Monsen is listed at 790 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists R Martin Monsen there as the householder, proprietor of the North Star Inn.
Today
3838 Cypress (2003) and 790 East Hastings (1957) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Monsen Gunhild maid Hon E W Hamber3838 Cypress, p. 437
- Monsen R M790 East Hastings, p. 75
- Monsen R Martin prop North Star Inn790 East Hastings, p. 437
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Monsens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Monsen 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.