A family name on Inverness Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset
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 Inverness Street, 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
Cedar Cottage
- 1
5260 Inverness Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W A Harris, a helper at the BC Livestock Exchange 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Vallois at 5294. The block, door by door
- 2
7216 Inverness Street
Sunset, 1940
- H G Harris, retired 1940
- Edward H Harris, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Davies at 7204. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a helper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset. 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 A Harris at 5260 Inverness 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 William A Harris there as the householder, a helper at the BC Livestock Exchange. In 1940 the directory lists H G Harris at 7216 Inverness Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hermann G Harris there as the householder, retired, with Edward H Harris, a clerk.
Today
5260 Inverness still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 7216 Inverness (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Harris W A5260 Inverness, p. 90
- Harris Wm A hlpr BC Livestock Exch5260 Inverness, p. 257
- *Harris H G7216 Inverness, p. 90
- Harris Edw H clk7216 Inverness, p. 256
- Harris Hermann G retired7216 Inverness, 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.