A family name on Haro Street, West End
The Carters
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Carter at four addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street, with the close spelling Cartier. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 70 other streets too, all listed on the Carter name's own page.
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Where the Carters lived
- 1
1131 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- A Carter, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: J Howard at 1129 and A Carter at 1135. The block, door by door
- 2
1135 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- A Carter, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: A Carter at 1131 and W Bamford at 1143. The block, door by door
- 3
1877 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Miss N P Carter 1940
- Naomi P Carter, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: N Budibent at 1865 and C H Cameron at 1889. The block, door by door
- 4
1915 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Miss E G Carter 1940
- Ena G Carter, a nurse for Dr A H Spohn 1940
Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a car repairer, a nurse and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 A Carter, rooms to let, at 1131 Haro Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Agustin Carter there as the householder, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists A Carter, rooms to let, at 1135 Haro Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.
Miss N P Carter is listed at 1877 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Naomi P Carter there as the householder, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver. Miss E G Carter is listed at 1915 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ena G Carter there as the householder, a nurse for Dr A H Spohn.
Today
1131 Haro, 1877 Haro and 1915 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1135 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Carter A rooms1131 Haro, p. 71
- Carter Agustin car repr BCER and rooms 1131 and 1135 Haro1131 Haro, p. 100
- *Carter A rooms1135 Haro, p. 71
- Carter Miss N P1877 Haro, p. 72
- Carter Naomi P sch tchr Van City1877 Haro, p. 100
- Carter Miss E G1915 Haro, p. 72
- Carter Ena G nurse Dr A H Spohn1915 Haro, p. 100
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Carters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Carter 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.