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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harolds

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Harold at five 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 Harolds 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

    470 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Harold, widow of T S 1940

    Next door in 1940: C McLean at 464 and A L Chapman at 480. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2047 Mannering Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Blanche Harold, a housekeeper for A E Hennessey 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Parr at 2039 and C M Marshall at 2061. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4879 Slocan Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • O W Harold, an engineer at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940
    • Laura D Harold, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: S A Sharp at 4873. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2644 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T A Harold, a machinist at the Progressive Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Smiley at 2632 and W W Philip at 2656. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3038 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E W Harold, a floorman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss W Twizell at 3036 and H Sunderland at 3050. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an engineer, a floorman, a housekeeper, a machinist and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Mrs M Harold at 470 East 7th Avenue; 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 Mary Harold there as the householder, widow of T S. The 1940 name section lists A Blanche Harold at 2047 Mannering Avenue, a housekeeper for A E Hennessey.

O W Harold is listed at 4879 Slocan Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oliver W Harold there as the householder, an engineer at Sitka Spruce Lumber, with Laura D Harold, a saleswoman at Woodward's. T A Harold is listed at 2644 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists T Arthur Harold there as the householder, a machinist at the Progressive Engineering Works.

E W Harold is listed at 3038 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Harold there as the householder, a floorman at the Province.

Today

2047 Mannering and 2644 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 470 East 7th, 4879 Slocan and 3038 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Harolds

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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.