A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Broadway, 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
445 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Amy Harris, widow of W J 1940
- George W Harris, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: N Carlson at 441 and N McMullen at 467. The block, door by door
- 2
748 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Philip J W Harris, proprietor of the Stinson Lending Library 1940
Next door in 1940: mount allison lodge at 742 and stinson block at 750. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a painter and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Amy Harris at 445 East Broadway, widow of W J, with George W Harris, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Philip J W Harris at 748 East Broadway, proprietor of the Stinson Lending Library.
Today
The City no longer lists 445 East Broadway and 748 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Harris Amy wid W J445 East Broadway, p. 256
- Harris Geo W pntr445 East Broadway, p. 256
- Harris Philip J W prop Stinson Lending Library748 East Broadway, p. 256
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.