A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
The Harveys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Harvey at three addresses in 1940, all on West Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 66 other streets too, all listed on the Harvey name's own page.
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Where the Harveys lived
- 1
603 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- H A Harvey, a music teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Post Fund Last at 601 and Pitman's Optical House at 605. The block, door by door
- 2
698 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- E H Harvey, a building manager at the Commerce Building 1940
- Albert E Harvey, a pressman at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: commerce building at 640. The block, door by door
- 3
1314 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- A G Harvey, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Boyd at 1312 and Coastwise SS & Barge at 1316. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a building manager and a pressman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 H A Harvey, a music teacher, at 603 West Hastings Street. E H Harvey is listed at 698 West Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward H Harvey there as the householder, a building manager at the Commerce Building, with Albert E Harvey, a pressman at the Sun. A G Harvey, a barrister, is listed at 1314 West Hastings Street in 1940.
Today
The City no longer lists 603 West Hastings, 698 West Hastings and 1314 West Hastings, 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.
- Harvey H A mus tchr603 West Hastings, p. 79
- Harvey E H698 West Hastings, p. 79
- Harvey Albt E prsmn Sun698 West Hastings, p. 259
- Harvey Edw H bldg mgr Commerce Bldg698 West Hastings, p. 259
- Harvey A G barr1314 West Hastings, p. 78
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Harveys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Harvey 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.