A family name on Haro Street, West End
The Howards
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Howard at two addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Howards at 1129 Haro in 1940. The directories print the name on 53 other streets too, all listed on the Howard name's own page.
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Where the Howards lived
- 1
1129 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- J Howard, a bookkeeper who kept rooms to let 1940
- Mary M Howard, a stenographer at B C Stevens Co 1940
- Norah K Howard, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Rawson at 1125 and A Carter at 1131. The block, door by door
- 2
1425 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- H B Howard 1940
- S B Howard, a salesman at T Eaton Co 1940
Next door in 1940: T G Hull at 1431. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a stenographer (2), a bookkeeper and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 Howard, rooms to let, at 1129 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Howard there, a bookkeeper who kept rooms to let, with Mary M Howard, a stenographer at B C Stevens Co, and Norah K Howard, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists H B Howard at 1425 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists H Bruce Howard there as the householder, with S B Howard, a salesman at T Eaton Co.
Today
1425 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1129 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Howard J rooms1129 Haro, p. 71
- Howard John bkpr & rooms1129 Haro, p. 284
- Howard Mary M sten B C Stevens Co1129 Haro, p. 284
- Howard Norah K sten1129 Haro, p. 284
- Howard H B1425 Haro, p. 71
- Howard H Bruce1425 Haro, p. 284
- Howard S B slsmn T Eaton Co1425 Haro, p. 285
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Howards
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Howard 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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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.