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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harnetts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Harnett 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 Harnetts 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

    3660 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W N Harnett, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Oldershaw at 3612. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4317 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C W Harnett, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Daryl Harnett, an oiler 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Shapland at 4305 and J S MacGregor at 4329. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5311 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Harnett, a lineman at Hume & Rumble 1940

    Next door in 1940: P I Thiessen at 5325. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1129 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John A Harnett, a tailor for C Claman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Burgess at 1125 and G F Moore at 1133. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    119 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T M Harnett, a notary public 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1120 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick J Harnett, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W H Mackay at 1114 and T Nakamura at 1122. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a helper, a lineman, a motorman, an oiler, a seaman and a tailor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Hastings-Sunrise, 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 W N Harnett at 3660 East Hastings 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 W Norman Harnett there as the householder, a helper for Kelly Douglas. In 1940 the directory lists C W Harnett at 4317 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section lists Cyrus W Harnett there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Daryl Harnett, an oiler.

In 1940 the directory lists J Harnett at 5311 Sherbrooke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Harnett there as the householder, a lineman at Hume & Rumble, with Jack Harnett, a fireman. The 1940 name section lists John A Harnett at 1129 West Georgia Street, a tailor for C Claman. T M Harnett, a notary public, is listed at 119 West Pender Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Harnett at 1120 West Pender Street, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service.

Today

5311 Sherbrooke and 119 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; 3660 East Hastings (1987) and 4317 Quebec (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1129 West Georgia and 1120 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 4317 Quebec: no archive photo of the 4300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

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.