A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mahars
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Mahar at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Mahars at 1035 West Broadway in 1940.
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Where the Mahars lived
- 1
1275 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Nora Mahar 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Marziani at 1269 and Miss A McKenna at 1283. The block, door by door
- 2
1035 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs C Mahar, widow of R 1940
- Maxwell Mahar, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
- Victor Mahar, a meat cutter at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: O E Christie at 1025. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a meat cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Fairview. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Nora Mahar at 1275 Burrard Street. Mrs C Mahar is listed at 1035 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Christine Mahar there as the householder, widow of R, with Maxwell Mahar, a driver at Johnston National Storage, and Victor Mahar, a meat cutter at Woodward's.
Today
The City no longer lists 1275 Burrard and 1035 West Broadway, 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.
- Mahar Mrs Nora1275 Burrard, p. 404
- Mahar Mrs C1035 West Broadway, p. 17
- Mahar Christine wid R1035 West Broadway, p. 404
- Mahar Maxwell drvr Johnston Natl Stge1035 West Broadway, p. 404
- Mahar Victor meat ctr Woodwards1035 West Broadway, p. 404
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Mahars
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mahar 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.