A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Harrises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Harris at two addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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
4493 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Illeen M Harris, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Booke at 4491. The block, door by door
- 2
4690 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- H F Harris, a chief clerk for H J Heinz 1940
Next door in 1940: R Shankland at 4680 and W A Young at 4694. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a chief clerk and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 Illeen M Harris at 4493 West 8th Avenue, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. H F Harris is listed at 4690 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Horatio F Harris there as the householder, a chief clerk for H J Heinz.
Today
4690 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 4493 West 8th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Harris Illeen M sten BCER4493 West 8th, p. 256
- Harris H F4690 West 8th, p. 197
- Harris Horatio F chf clk H J Heinz4690 West 8th, p. 256
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.