A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 11th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Harrises at 1284 West 11th in 1940. 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
1004 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Marjorie Harris, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: W D Cartwright at 1014. The block, door by door
- 2
1284 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs M E Harris, widow of W J 1940
- Norman B Harris, a plasterer 1940
- Sylvia Harris 1940
Next door in 1940: elnido apts at 1270 and Miss L G Scott at 1290. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a plasterer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 Marjorie Harris at 1004 West 11th Avenue, a clerk. Mrs M E Harris is listed at 1284 West 11th Avenue 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 Mary E Harris there as the householder, widow of W J, with Norman B Harris, a plasterer, and Sylvia Harris.
Today
1004 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1284 West 11th, 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 Marjorie clk1004 West 11th, p. 256
- *Harris Mrs M E1284 West 11th, p. 203
- Harris Mary E wid W J1284 West 11th, p. 256
- Harris Norman B plstr1284 West 11th, p. 256
- Harris Sylvia1284 West 11th, p. 257
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.