A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
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 Seymour Street. 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 773 Seymour 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
- 1
710 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- W E Harrison, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Willingdon at 706 and Sylvia's Ltd at 712. The block, door by door
- 2
773 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- A Harrison, of Ambassador Hotel 1940
- Betty M Harrison 1940
- M Norma Harrison, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: Royal Parking Serv at 767 and Ambassador Beer Parlor at 775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 W E Harrison, a physician, at 710 Seymour Street. A Harrison is listed at 773 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Amos Harrison there as the householder, of Ambassador Hotel, with Betty M Harrison, and M Norma Harrison, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company.
Today
The City no longer lists 710 Seymour and 773 Seymour, so those buildings are 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.
- Harrison W E phys710 Seymour, p. 150
- Harrison A773 Seymour, p. 150
- Harrison Amos of Ambassador Hotel773 Seymour, p. 257
- Harrison Betty M773 Seymour, p. 257
- Harrison M Norma clk HBC773 Seymour, p. 257
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Harrisons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Harrison 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.