A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 1st 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 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
2191 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- O S Harris, a president at Harris Lumber and Shuswap Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: C Chapman at 2173. The block, door by door
- 2
2436 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Q Harris 1940
- Alice G Harris, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: C E Fraser at 2418 and J J Perrigo at 2446. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
In 1940 the directory lists O S Harris at 2191 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ormond St C Harris there as the householder, a president at Harris Lumber and Shuswap Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs Q Harris at 2436 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Queenie Harris there as the householder, with Alice G Harris, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
2191 West 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2436 West 1st, 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 O S2191 West 1st, p. 173
- Harris Ormond St C pres Harris Lbr and Shuswap Lbr2191 West 1st, p. 256
- Harris Mrs Q2436 West 1st, p. 173
- Harris Alice G sten Van City2436 West 1st, p. 256
- Harris Mrs Queenie2436 West 1st, 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.