A family name on Haro Street, West End
The Wrights
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Wright at three addresses in 1940, all on Haro Street. 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 137 other streets too, all listed on the Wright name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Wrights lived
- 1
1104 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- S Wright, a caretaker at the St Margaret Apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Pyke at 1114. The block, door by door
- 2
1131 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- M Wright 1940
Next door in 1940: J Howard at 1129 and A Carter at 1135. The block, door by door
- 3
1915 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M A Wright, widow of H 1940
- Delbert Wright, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a caretaker and a warehouseman. 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
In 1940 the directory lists S Wright at 1104 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sid Wright there as the householder, a caretaker at the St Margaret Apartments. The 1940 name section lists M Wright at 1131 Haro Street.
Mrs M A Wright is listed at 1915 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Wright there as the householder, widow of H, with Delbert Wright, a warehouseman.
Today
1104 Haro, 1131 Haro and 1915 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Wrights
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wright 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.