A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Harrises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Harris at two addresses in 1940, all on East 27th Avenue, with the close spelling Harries. 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 115 other streets too, all listed on the Harris name's own page.
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Where the Harrises lived
- 1
1254 East 27th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W E Harris, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Woods at 1236 and Fuels Home at 1266. The block, door by door
- 2
3135 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- R E Harris, retired 1940
- Queenie M Harris 1940
Next door in 1940: T P Lee at 3125. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a carpenter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 W E Harris at 1254 East 27th 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 William E Harris there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists R E Harris at 3135 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Richard E Harris there as the householder, retired, with Queenie M Harris.
Today
1254 East 27th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3135 East 27th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Harris W E1254 East 27th, p. 242
- Harris Wm E carp1254 East 27th, p. 257
- Harris R E3135 East 27th, p. 242
- Harris Queenie M3135 East 27th, p. 256
- Harris Richd E retired3135 East 27th, p. 256
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Harrises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Harris name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.