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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hardys

In the city directories 1940 · 53 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Hardy name at 53 addresses on 47 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Hardys lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
  2. Downtown5 addresses
  3. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  4. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  6. Kitsilano4 addresses
  7. West End4 addresses
  8. Fairview3 addresses
  9. Riley Park3 addresses
  10. Sunset3 addresses
  11. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  12. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  13. South Cambie2 addresses
  14. West Point Grey2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Bidwell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Alice Hardy and James Hardy
    1940
  2. 2
    Main StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Sunset; three people: J A Hardy, Marjorie Hardy and Miss M Hardy
    1940
  3. 3
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Victoria-Fraserview; three people: C A Hardy, C A Hardy and Mona B Hardy
    1940
  4. 4
    West 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: D Hardy, James Hardy and Jean Hardy
    1940
  5. 5
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; nine people: D T Hardy, R J Hardy and Henry Hardy, and six more
    1940
  6. 6
    West BroadwayTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; two people: F J Hardy and Horton Hardy
    1940
  7. 7
    Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Thomas Hardy
    1940
  8. 8
    Alberta StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: Victoria Hardy
    1940
  9. 9
    Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: John Hardy
    1940
  10. 10
    Chilco StreetOne address in West End; one person: C R Hardy
    1940
  11. 11
    Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Harold Hardy
    1940
  12. 12
    Earles StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: R E Hardy and Robert C Hardy
    1940

35 more streets, by name: East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), Gore Avenue (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), McGill Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Powell Street (1), Price Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Turner Street (1), Venables Street (1), Waverley Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windermere Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 53 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 23; each street's page names them.

The book of the Hardys

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.