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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sheens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Sheen at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Shen. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Sheens 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

    2089 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • John E Sheen, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Horne at 2083 and R C Rice at 2095. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1092 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Sheen, a carpenter 1940
    • Leonard H Sheen, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Borland at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    613 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Wing Chong Shen 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Pelzman at 615. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1141 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • David Sheen, a salesman at Harris Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Booth at 1137 and A Cameron at 1143. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5187 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • John Sheen 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Morrison at 5115. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter (3) and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Strathcona and West End. 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 John E Sheen at 2089 East 23rd Avenue, a carpenter. H Sheen is listed at 1092 East 33rd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Harold Sheen there as the householder, a carpenter, with H Vera Sheen, a hairdresser at Avalon Beauty Shop, Herbert J Sheen, a carpenter, and Leonard H Sheen, a carpenter.

Wing Chong Shen is listed at 613 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wing Chong Shen there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists David Sheen at 1141 Pacific Street, a salesman at Harris Lumber. The 1940 name section lists John Sheen at 5187 Prince Albert Street.

Today

1092 East 33rd and 613 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946; 2089 East 23rd (1964) and 5187 Prince Albert (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1141 Pacific, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.