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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Curles

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Curle at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Curles at 529 Helmcken in 1940.

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Where the Curles 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

    1205 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Sylvia Curle, a maid for C Smulders 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V Winch at 1255. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    529 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M Curle, widow of F 1940
    • Harold Curle, a mechanic 1940
    • Lloyd G C Curle, a green chain man at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Sheeran at 531. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1996 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs E R Curle, widow of W F 1940
    • William G Curle, a clerk at Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G C Stuart at 1994. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2896 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J H Curle, a salesman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: T R Farrell at 2890. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk, a green chain man, a maid, a mechanic and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Downtown and West End. 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 Sylvia Curle at 1205 Comox Street, a maid for C Smulders. Mrs M Curle is listed at 529 Helmcken Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary Curle there as the householder, widow of F, with Harold Curle, a mechanic, and Lloyd G C Curle, a green chain man at Canadian White Pine.

Mrs E R Curle is listed at 1996 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ethel R Curle there as the householder, widow of W F, with William G Curle, a clerk at Ford Motor. J H Curle is listed at 2896 West 42nd Avenue 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 John H Curle there as the householder, a salesman at M-W Ltd.

Today

1996 West 41st and 2896 West 42nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1205 Comox (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 529 Helmcken, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Curles

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.