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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Morrises

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Morris at three addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street, with the close spelling Morriss. 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 90 other streets too, all listed on the Morris name's own page.

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Where the Morrises 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

    1153 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frank E Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Brown at 1149 and J H Garden at 1155. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1636 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E R Belknap at 1630 and E A Dickie at 1646. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1945 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs L M Morris, widow of H H 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935 and Miss S A Dewar at 1955. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank E Morris at 1153 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Mary Morris at 1636 Haro Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L M Morris at 1945 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists L Madeleine Morris there as the householder, widow of H H.

Today

1636 Haro (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1153 Haro and 1945 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Morrises

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Morris 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.