A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Harrisons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Harrison at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. 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 90 other streets too, all listed on the Harrison name's own page.
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Where the Harrisons lived
- 1
3175 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret Harrison, widow of H H 1940
Next door in 1940: B Weston at 3165 and T S Lyons at 3185. The block, door by door
- 2
4154 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C F Harrison, an assistant appraiser at the Customs 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Coutts at 4150 and W B McAllister at 4158. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an assistant appraiser. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Margaret Harrison at 3175 West 14th Avenue, widow of H H. C F Harrison is listed at 4154 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cecil F Harrison there as the householder, an assistant appraiser at the Customs.
Today
3175 West 14th and 4154 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Harrison Margt wid H H3175 West 14th, p. 257
- Harrison C F4154 West 14th, p. 217
- Harrison Cecil F asst appraiser Customs4154 West 14th, p. 257
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.