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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harcourts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Harcourt at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Harcourts at 3534 West 26th in 1940.

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Where the Harcourts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1934 East 56th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • T V Harcourt, a french polisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Carlson at 1940. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1436 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F Harcourt, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Winlow at 1432 and J S Kendall at 1442. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3411 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Cyril B Harcourt, proprietor of H & M Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: madeleine court at 3463. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3534 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Harcourt, a commercial traveller 1940
    • Frank W Harcourt 1940
    • Norman H Harcourt, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Leah at 3526 and A Y Faris at 3540. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a commercial traveller, a french polisher and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy, Victoria-Fraserview 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

In 1940 the directory lists T V Harcourt at 1934 East 56th Avenue; 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 Thomas V Harcourt there as the householder, a french polisher. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F Harcourt, rooms to let, at 1436 Haro Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Florence Harcourt there, widow of F.

The 1940 name section lists Cyril B Harcourt at 3411 Oak Street, proprietor of H & M Motors. J Harcourt is listed at 3534 West 26th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Harcourt there as the householder, a commercial traveller, with Frank W Harcourt, and Norman H Harcourt, a student.

Today

1436 Haro, 3411 Oak and 3534 West 26th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1436 Haro on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1934 East 56th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.