A family name on Maple Street, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale
The Harrises
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Harris at two addresses in 1940, all on Maple 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
- 1
1804 Maple Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- B W Harris, a warehouseman at National Biscuit 1940
- Neal W Harris, a helper at National Biscuit 1940
Next door in 1940: R Gray at 1812. The block, door by door
- 2
5012 Maple Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J Harris, a president at J Harris and Canadian Natural Resources 1940
- Myra B Harris, a stenographer at Wismer & Fraser 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a helper, a president, a stenographer and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for National Biscuit.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Shaughnessy. 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 B W Harris at 1804 Maple Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bert W Harris there as the householder, a warehouseman at National Biscuit, with Barbara Harris, a packer at National Biscuit, and Neal W Harris, a helper at National Biscuit. In 1940 the directory lists J Harris at 5012 Maple 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 lists James Harris there as the householder, a president at J Harris and Canadian Natural Resources, with Myra B Harris, a stenographer at Wismer & Fraser.
Today
1804 Maple still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5012 Maple (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Harris B W1804 Maple, p. 110
- Harris Barbara pkr Natl Biscuit1804 Maple, p. 256
- Harris Bert W whsmn Natl Biscuit1804 Maple, p. 256
- Harris Neal W hlpr Natl Biscuit1804 Maple, p. 256
- *Harris J5012 Maple, p. 111
- Harris Jas pres J Harris and Can Natural Resources5012 Maple, p. 256
- Harris Myra B sten Wismer & Fraser5012 Maple, 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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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.