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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harkleys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Harkley 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 Harkleys 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

    5930 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • D W Harkley, of Harkley & Haywood 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H McL Jones at 5910 and J Hyslop at 5950. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H L Harkley, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3824 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H L Harkley, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Allan at 3814 and E C Howell at 3828. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a barrister.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Oakridge and West Point Grey. 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 W Harkley at 5930 Cartier 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 David W Harkley there as the householder, of Harkley & Haywood. In 1940 the directory lists H L Harkley, a barrister, at 470 Granville Street.

H L Harkley is listed at 3824 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold L Harkley there as the householder, a barrister.

Today

470 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 5930 Cartier (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3824 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 5930 Cartier: no archive photo of the 5900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

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

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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.