A family name on Broughton Street, West End
The Christies
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Christie at two addresses in 1940, all on Broughton Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 52 other streets too, all listed on the Christie name's own page.
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Where the Christies lived
- 1
1056 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Helen Christie 1940
Next door in 1940: G Crump at 1052 and T J Dean at 1080. The block, door by door
- 2
1092 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- A S Christie, a president at Christies Ltd & Pacific Leather 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Dean at 1080. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 Helen Christie at 1056 Broughton Street. A S Christie is listed at 1092 Broughton 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 Andrew S Christie there as the householder, a president at Christies Ltd & Pacific Leather, with Alex S Christie, a secretary at Christies Ltd.
Today
The City no longer lists 1056 Broughton and 1092 Broughton, 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.
- Christie Mrs Helen1056 Broughton, p. 110
- *Christie A S1092 Broughton, p. 20
- Christie Alex S sec Christies Ltd1092 Broughton, p. 109
- Christie Andw S pres Christies Ltd & Pac Leather1092 Broughton, p. 110
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Christies
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Christie 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.