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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harmans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Harman at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Harmans 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

    630 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • H Harman, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Gika at 626 and Heatley Mach Wks at 636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2254 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Howard Harman, a student at Bird & McLorg 1940

    Next door in 1940: harting manor at 2264. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    755 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • O R Harman, a stockman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Evans at 739 and J C Davies at 761. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    222 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Harman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Greenhouses Parkview at 218 and Pong Gay Chan at 232. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3718 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A A Harman, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Hicks at 3732. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2185 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George Harman, a manager for Milton Lodge 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Richards at 2165 and C Bradbury at 2195. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a carpenter, a manager and a stockman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Strathcona (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 H Harman, rooms to let, at 630 Alexander 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 Howard Harman there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists J Howard Harman at 2254 Cornwall Avenue, a student at Bird & McLorg.

O R Harman is listed at 755 East 33rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Otto R Harman there as the householder, a stockman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists W Harman at 222 Keefer Street.

In 1940 the directory lists A A Harman at 3718 Ontario Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ambrose A Harman there as the householder, a carpenter at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists George Harman at 2185 West 14th Avenue, a manager for Milton Lodge.

Today

222 Keefer, 3718 Ontario and 2185 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2254 Cornwall (1955) and 755 East 33rd (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 630 Alexander, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Harmans

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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.