Vancouver / Names / H / Harris / West 18th Avenue

A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Harrises

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Harris at four addresses in 1940, all on West 18th Avenue, 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    911 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G F Harris, a cannery manager at BC Packers 1940
    • Irene M Harris, a stenographer at Calkins & Burke 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Ades at 909 and T G Black at 923. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2746 West 18th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A H Harris, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Porter at 2736 and W B Banks at 2750. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3456 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E W Harries, an accountant at Center & Hanna 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Davidson at 3446 and A W Morton at 3466. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3869 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E J Harris, retired 1940
    • James Harris 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Honeyman at 3863 and C A Hilchey at 3873. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an accountant, a cannery manager and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Arbutus Ridge and South Cambie. 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 G F Harris at 911 West 18th Avenue; 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 George F Harris there as the householder, a cannery manager at BC Packers, with Irene M Harris, a stenographer at Calkins & Burke. In 1940 the directory lists A H Harris at 2746 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H Harris there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists E W Harries at 3456 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Harries there as the householder, an accountant at Center & Hanna. In 1940 the directory lists E J Harris at 3869 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Harris there as the householder, retired, with James Harris.

Today

911 West 18th, 3456 West 18th and 3869 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2746 West 18th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.