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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Harwoods

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Harwood at ten addresses in 1940 in eight 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 Harwoods lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1330 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • R G Harwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Farquhar at 1324 and T Boond at 1332. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2596 Commercial Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R M Harwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Ichiyen at 2592 and Coml Radio Co at 2598. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    22 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Thomas Harwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: irwin block at 8 and L B Tait at 34. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1833 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs H Harwood, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Leach at 1815 and A Sell at 1837. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2697 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W H Harwood, a salesman at S D & W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A S Webb at 2691. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R de L Harwood, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    7881 Heather Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Harwood 1940
    • Harwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Brown at 7855. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    918 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Harwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Cowie at 922. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1924 McLean Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A W Harwood, an elevator operator at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: O E Peterson at 1916 and J R Thomas at 1936. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    4350 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dr R Harwood, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bell at 4330 and R Wilkinson at 4370. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eleven: an elevator operator, a physician and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 R G Harwood at 1330 Alberni 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 Ron G Harwood there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R M Harwood at 2596 Commercial Drive. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Harwood at 22 East 18th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Harwood at 1833 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harriet Harwood there as the householder, widow of T. In 1940 the directory lists W H Harwood at 2697 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Harwood there as the householder, a salesman at S D & W.

In 1940 the directory lists R de L Harwood, a physician, at 736 Granville Street. Harwood is listed at 7881 Heather Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harwood there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists John Harwood at 918 Hornby Street.

In 1940 the directory lists A W Harwood at 1924 McLean Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Harwood there as the householder, an elevator operator at the Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists Dr R Harwood, a delivery, at 4350 Osler Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald de L Harwood there as the householder, a physician.

Today

22 East 18th, 1833 East 6th and 736 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 4350 Osler (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1330 Alberni, 2596 Commercial Drive, 2697 East 6th, 7881 Heather, 918 Hornby and 1924 McLean Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.