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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harpers

In the city directories 1940 · 53 addresses on 44 streets

The directories print the Harper name at 53 addresses on 44 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Harpers lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown9 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  3. West End6 addresses
  4. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  5. Kitsilano4 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  8. Riley Park3 addresses
  9. Sunset3 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  11. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  12. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  13. West Point Grey2 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  15. Fairview1 address
  16. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; five people: J T Harper, Elizabeth Harper and Irene Harper, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    East 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: F Harper, J Harper and John M Harper
    1940
  3. 3
    East Pender StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: S S T Harper, Alec O Harper and Mrs Winnifred P Harper, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: James L Harper and Method Harper
    1940
  5. 5
    Ontario StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; two people: J Harper and Mrs A E Harper
    1940
  6. 6
    Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Alfred W Harper and G Harper
    1940
  7. 7
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: A E Harper, Albura V Harper and Donna Harper
    1940
  8. 8
    West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: J T Harper and James Harper
    1940
  9. 9
    Bruce StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; two people: R S Harper and Annie S Harper
    1940
  10. 10
    Culloden StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: W J Harper
    1940
  11. 11
    Davie StreetOne address in West End; one person: Chris J Harper
    1940
  12. 12
    East 11th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J McI Harper and Stan McI Harper
    1940

32 more streets, by name: East 14th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), Graveley Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kingsway (1), Lanark Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Prior Street (1), Rossland Street (1), Sherbrooke Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Walden Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 53 addresses, 20 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, eleven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

The book of the Harpers

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.