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A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole

The Harpers

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Harper at two addresses in 1940, all on Ontario Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the Harper name's own page.

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Where the Harpers 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

    2953 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A E Harper, widow of A W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L B Chouinard at 2919 and H Stuhrmann at 2957. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4486 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Harper, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Hill at 4478 and N Iverson at 4490. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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 Mrs A E Harper at 2953 Ontario 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 Annie E Harper there as the householder, widow of A W. In 1940 the directory lists J Harper at 4486 Ontario Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Harper there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

2953 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4486 Ontario, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
About 1907 A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Not at the house at 2953 Ontario: no archive photo of the 2900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P166. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Harpers

Every directory, as one book

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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.