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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Hardys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at two addresses

The directories print nine people named Hardy at two addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Hardys at 2336 West 3rd in 1940. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Hardy name's own page.

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Where the Hardys 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

    2066 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D T Hardy, an apprentice at National Machinery 1940
    • Henry Hardy 1940
    • Jessie H Hardy, a laundress at Peerless Laundry 1940
    • Nanette T Hardy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Harris at 2052 and C H Boone at 2068. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2336 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R J Hardy, a machinist 1940
    • Lawrence R Hardy, a salesman at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
    • Margaret F Hardy, a stenographer for O B Allan 1940
    • Ron F Hardy, a student 1940
    • Thomas Hardy, a salesman at Spencer's Model Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Pellatt at 2324 and T F Paterson at 2346. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a salesman (2), an apprentice, a laundress, a machinist and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

In 1940 the directory lists D T Hardy at 2066 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David T Hardy there as the householder, a machinist at Western Steel Products, with David T Hardy Jr, an apprentice at National Machinery, Henry Hardy, Jessie H Hardy, a laundress at Peerless Laundry, and Nanette T Hardy. In 1940 the directory lists R J Hardy at 2336 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Hardy there as the householder, a machinist, with Lawrence R Hardy, a salesman at Macdonalds Consolidated, Margaret F Hardy, a stenographer for O B Allan, Ron F Hardy, a student, and Thomas Hardy, a salesman at Spencer's Model Market.

Today

2066 West 3rd (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2336 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.