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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haradas

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Harada at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Haradas 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

    1324 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs H Harada, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Hillier at 1318 and A R Federowski at 1350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    331 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Harada 1940

    Next door in 1940: Importing Standard at 327 and BC Pub Mkt at 333. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    830 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss S Harada, a confectioner 1940
    • Rio Harada, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Grinders Commercial at 828 and M Dumond at 832. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    577 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Y Harada, a millworker 1940
    • Tomeko Harada 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Armstrong at 543. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a millworker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mrs H Harada at 1324 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hide Harada there as the householder, widow of T. The 1940 name section lists T Harada at 331 Main Street.

Miss S Harada, a confectioner, is listed at 830 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rio Harada there, widow of R. Y Harada is listed at 577 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Yokaro Harada there as the householder, a millworker, with Tomeko Harada.

Today

1324 Franklin (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 331 Main, 830 Main and 577 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.