A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 32nd 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
3026 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- E S Harris, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Garland at 3008 and J Watson at 3042. The block, door by door
- 2
3922 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A A Harris, a building contractor 1940
- Lillian Harris, widow of F 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Wortman at 3914 and L W Pearson at 3936. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a building contractor and a dentist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 E S Harris at 3026 West 32nd 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 Edward S Harris there as the householder, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists A A Harris, a building contractor, at 3922 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert A Harris there, a building contractor, with Lillian Harris, widow of F.
Today
3026 West 32nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 3922 West 32nd (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Harris E S3026 West 32nd, p. 248
- Harris Edw S dentist 1233, 925 W Georgia3026 West 32nd, p. 256
- *Harris A A bldg contr3922 West 32nd, p. 248
- Harris Albt A bldg contr3922 West 32nd, p. 256
- Harris Lillian wid F3922 West 32nd, 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.