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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Barries

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Barrie at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Barries 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

    1650 Avondale Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • T J Barrie, a manager at Crane Ltd 1940
    • Edward J Barrie, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Townley at 1636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1326 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Barrie 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Chiene at 1316 and T T Meek at 1334. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    700 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John Barrie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Service Tobacco Stand at 714. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    859 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • M C Barrie, an auto dealer 1940
    • Adeline Barrie, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: cameron (the) at 855 and 9 listings at 885. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2755 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C G Barrie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D D Gothard at 2735 and A W Robinson at 2765. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an auto dealer, a manager and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 T J Barrie at 1650 Avondale Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas J Barrie there as the householder, a manager at Crane Ltd, with Thomas Barrie, who worked for Crane Ltd (Vancouver), and Edward J Barrie, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Barrie at 1326 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists John Barrie at 700 Main Street.

In 1940 the directory lists M C Barrie at 859 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists M Charles Barrie there as the householder, an auto dealer, with Adeline Barrie, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists C G Barrie at 2755 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Barrie there as the householder, retired.

Today

1650 Avondale, 859 Thurlow and 2755 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 859 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1326 Harwood and 700 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.