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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hardses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Hards at three 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 Hardses 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

    1218 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs F D Hards 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Buckingham at 1212 and N Crimeni at 1222. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3307 Mayfair Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A A Hards, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Weir at 3321. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1933 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frederick Hards, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Mattson at 1925 and H Wood at 1935. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a painter and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 F D Hards at 1218 Howe 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 Mrs Freda D Hards there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A A Hards at 3307 Mayfair Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert A Hards there as the householder, a school teacher.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick Hards at 1933 West 7th Avenue, a painter.

Today

3307 Mayfair still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1218 Howe and 1933 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hardses

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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.