Vancouver / Names / H / Harley

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harleys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Harley at eight 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Harleys 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

    786 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harley (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Cunningham at 748. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • June Harley, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    536 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Harley, a carman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Grundy at 534 and W F Spina at 540. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    368 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Margaret Harley 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gair at 360 and J W Burns at 374. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1834 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B J Harley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Davis at 1830 and A Jones at 1836. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1836 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D D Harley, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: B J Harley at 1834 and Mrs M E Seymour at 1838. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    157 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Harley 1940
    • David Harley, a barber at Arcade Baths 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C McLean at 151 and H G Greenwood at 187. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2786 West 29th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • R Harley, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Ducommun at 2776 and W S Goldie at 2796. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a barber, a carman, a laborer, a nurse and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Arbutus Ridge and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harley (no first name printed) at 786 Bute Street. The 1940 name section lists June Harley at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists R Harley at 536 Drake Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Harley there as the householder, a carman.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret Harley at 368 East 15th Avenue. B J Harley is listed at 1834 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bertram J Harley there as the householder, retired.

D D Harley is listed at 1836 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dennis D Harley there as the householder, a laborer. J Harley is listed at 157 West 14th 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 James Harley there as the householder, with David Harley, a barber at Arcade Baths.

R Harley is listed at 2786 West 29th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ron Harley there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

2786 West 29th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 786 Bute, 1056 Comox, 536 Drake, 368 East 15th, 1834 Powell, 1836 Powell and 157 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Harleys

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Harley name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.