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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hares

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Hare at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Hares 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

    5531 Bruce Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Hare, a glass bender at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Oldford at 5511 and R S Williams at 5541. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    406 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Richard Hare 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Durrant at 446. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3176 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F W Hare, a meat cutter at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: N A Leech at 3120 and G Sellers at 3182. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2331 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Ralph Hare, an accountant at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Poole at 2329 and B S Holtum at 2335. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4744 Moss Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F Hare, a branch manager at Spotlight Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McKay at 4732 and M Campbell at 4750. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3522 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M R Hare 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Stephen at 3516 and R Cosgrove at 3534. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3074 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Rupert W Hare, a clerk at Sun Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: N G Spilos at 3066 and F R Greenwood at 3076. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an accountant, a branch manager, a clerk, a glass bender and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 G Hare at 5531 Bruce Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Guy Hare there as the householder, a glass bender at Neon Products. The 1940 name section lists Richard Hare at 406 East 13th Avenue.

F W Hare is listed at 3176 East 27th Avenue 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). The 1940 name section lists Frank W Hare there as the householder, a meat cutter at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists J Ralph Hare at 2331 Hemlock Street, an accountant at M-W Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists F Hare at 4744 Moss Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Hare there as the householder, a branch manager at Spotlight Market. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M R Hare at 3522 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Maida R Hare there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Rupert W Hare at 3074 West 3rd Avenue, a clerk at Sun Life.

Today

3074 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 5531 Bruce (2000), 3176 East 27th (2005) and 3522 West 2nd (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 406 East 13th, 2331 Hemlock and 4744 Moss, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.