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A family name on East 38th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Harrisons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Harrison at two addresses in 1940, all on East 38th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Harrisons at 2072 East 38th in 1940. The directories print the name on 90 other streets too, all listed on the Harrison name's own page.

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Where the Harrisons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    966 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D Harrison 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McRae at 950 and G Higgins at 978. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2072 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Harrison, an operator at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • James T Harrison 1940
    • Jean Harrison 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Skinner at 2060 and J B Gray at 2096. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 D Harrison at 966 East 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Daniel Harrison there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G Harrison at 2072 East 38th 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 lists George Harrison there as the householder, an operator at the City of Vancouver, with George Harrison Jr, James T Harrison and Jean Harrison.

Today

966 East 38th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2072 East 38th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Harrisons

Every directory, as one book

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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.