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A family name on Harwood Street, West End

The Moores

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Moore at four addresses in 1940, all on Harwood Street, with the close spelling More. 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 142 other streets too, all listed on the Moore name's own page.

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Where the Moores 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

    1245 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • J T Moore, a clerk at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Hobbs at 1225 and Miss M L Alexander at 1285. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1285 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clif C Moore, who worked for the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: eastwood place at 1245. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1420 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • S A Moore, an official administrator at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Y Gorrie at 1414 and Mrs E Hall at 1430. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1558 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Moore 1940
    • Alex L Moore, an installer at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Blair at 1550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, an installer and an official administrator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 T Moore at 1245 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Thomas Moore there as the householder, a clerk at the CNR. The 1940 name section lists Clif C Moore at 1285 Harwood Street, who worked for the BC Electric Railway.

S A Moore is listed at 1420 Harwood Street in 1940; 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 lists Sam A Moore there as the householder, an official administrator at the BC Government. Moore is listed at 1558 Harwood Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex L Moore there as the householder, an installer at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.

Today

1245 Harwood (2018), 1285 Harwood (1979) and 1558 Harwood (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1420 Harwood, 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.
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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.