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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harrows

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Harrow at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Harrows 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

    4581 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Harrow, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Bowland at 4573 and Mrs E S McCarthy at 4597. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3562 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A E E Harrow, a morse operator at the CN Telegraphs 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Spouse at 3556 and T H Boyd at 3566. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1349 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • A Harrow, a driver at Frasea Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stark at 1343 and F C Borhaven at 1353. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a baker, a driver and a morse operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Marpole and Riley Park. 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 J Harrow at 4581 Walden Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Harrow there as the householder, a baker. In 1940 the directory lists A E E Harrow at 3562 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E E Harrow there as the householder, a morse operator at the CN Telegraphs.

In 1940 the directory lists A Harrow at 1349 West 64th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex Harrow there as the householder, a driver at Frasea Farms.

Today

4581 Walden still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 3562 West 13th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1349 West 64th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.