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A family name on Elm Street, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale

The Harts

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Hart at two addresses in 1940, all on Elm Street, with the close spelling Hartt. 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 45 other streets too, all listed on the Hart name's own page.

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Where the Harts 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

    5337 Elm Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C H Hartt 1940

    Next door in 1940: C K Rosebrugh at 5355. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5989 Elm Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G P Hart, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Worth at 5969. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale. 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 C H Hartt at 5337 Elm Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles H Hartt there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G P Hart at 5989 Elm Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George P Hart there as the householder, retired.

Today

5989 Elm still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 5337 Elm (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street
1911 or 1912 Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street. Not at the house at 5337 Elm: no archive photo of the 5300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-1033. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Harts

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.