A family name on Nicola Street, West End
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 Nicola 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
1280 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- Don A Harris, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
- Mabel Harris, widow of A D 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Kincade at 1220. The block, door by door
- 2
1361 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- Beatrice Harris, widow of F 1940
Next door in 1940: W B Ferrie at 1347 and devon court at 1373. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a clerk. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Don A Harris at 1280 Nicola Street, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, with Mabel Harris, widow of A D. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice Harris at 1361 Nicola Street, widow of F.
Today
1280 Nicola (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1361 Nicola, so that building is 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 Don A clk CB of C1280 Nicola, p. 256
- Harris Mabel wid A D sec St Paul's Ang Ch1280 Nicola, p. 256
- Harris Beatrice wid F1361 Nicola, 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.