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A family name on West 35th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Harrises

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Harris at three addresses in 1940, all on West 35th 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.

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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

    3535 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L L Harris, an accountant at Boultbee 1940
    • Howard M Harris, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Milroy at 3527 and C R Geldart at 3545. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3629 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G M Harris, a salesman at Houlgate & Summerfield 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Booth at 3649. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3876 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Noel Harris, a barber at The De Barre 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacGregor at 3866 and J H Taylor at 3886. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a barber and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3). 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 L L Harris at 3535 West 35th 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 Lacey L Harris there as the householder, an accountant at Boultbee, with Howard M Harris, a student. In 1940 the directory lists G M Harris at 3629 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Guy M Harris there as the householder, a salesman at Houlgate & Summerfield.

The 1940 name section lists H Noel Harris at 3876 West 35th Avenue, a barber at The De Barre.

Today

3535 West 35th and 3876 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3629 West 35th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.