A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Harrises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Harris at three addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street, with the close spelling Harries. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Harrises lived
- 1
1925 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Marion W Harris, widow of E 1940
Next door in 1940: Term City Iron Wks at 1949. The block, door by door
- 2
2026 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M Harris, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Kaltenbach at 2010 and S Geary at 2042. The block, door by door
- 3
2272 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F L Harris 1940
Next door in 1940: M J Campion at 2266 and J I McIlwain at 2276. The block, door by door
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3). 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 Marion W Harris at 1925 Franklin Street, widow of E. Mrs M Harris is listed at 2026 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marguerite Harris there as the householder, widow of A.
F L Harris is listed at 2272 Franklin Street in 1940; 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 lists Francis L Harris there as the householder.
Today
2026 Franklin still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2272 Franklin (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1925 Franklin, 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 Marion W wid E1925 Franklin, p. 256
- Harris Mrs M2026 Franklin, p. 51
- Harris Marguerite wid A2026 Franklin, p. 256
- *Harris F L2272 Franklin, p. 52
- Harris Francis L2272 Franklin, 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.