A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Haraldsens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Haraldsen at two addresses in 1940 in West End. 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 Haraldsens lived
- 1
1081 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- Ruth A Haraldson, a hairdresser at Howard's Beauty Salon 1940
Next door in 1940: C Molgate at 1053 and diana court at 1093. The block, door by door
- 2
1428 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- A Haraldsen, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: W Simpson at 1420 and Miss O M Adams at 1462. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a hairdresser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Ruth A Haraldson at 1081 Nicola Street, a hairdresser at Howard's Beauty Salon. A Haraldsen, rooms to let, is listed at 1428 Robson Street 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).
Today
1081 Nicola (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1428 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Haraldson Ruth A hairdrsr Howard's Beauty Salon1081 Nicola, p. 253
- *Haraldsen A rooms1428 Robson, p. 144
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Haraldsens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Haraldsen 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.