A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Curries
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Currie at three addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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 53 other streets too, all listed on the Currie name's own page.
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Where the Curries lived
- 1
1021 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Florence M Currie, a saleswoman at "Galloway's" Old Book Shop 1940
- Margaret Currie, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: A Shelton at 1011 and Mrs L Lawley at 1023. The block, door by door
- 2
1041 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- May G Currie, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: G Simmers at 1033 and Mrs R E Wray at 1047. The block, door by door
- 3
1938 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- J K H Currie, a branch manager at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: capistrano (the) apts at 1924 and Mrs F M Anderson at 1946. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a saleswoman (2) and a branch manager. 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 Florence M Currie at 1021 Comox Street, a saleswoman at "Galloway's" Old Book Shop, with Margaret Currie, a widow. The 1940 name section lists May G Currie at 1041 Comox Street, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists J K H Currie at 1938 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists John K H Currie there as the householder, a branch manager at the Royal Bank.
Today
1041 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1021 Comox and 1938 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Currie Florence M slswm "Galloway's" Old Book Shop1021 Comox, p. 144
- Currie Margt wid —1021 Comox, p. 144
- Currie May G slswm HBC1041 Comox, p. 144
- Currie J K H1938 Comox, p. 35
- Currie John K H br mgr Royal Bk1938 Comox, p. 144
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Curries
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Currie 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.