A family name on Montcalm Street, Marpole
The Curries
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Currie at two addresses in 1940, all on Montcalm 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 53 other streets too, all listed on the Currie name's own page.
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Where the Curries lived
- 1
7964 Montcalm Street
Marpole, 1940
- J G D Currie, a driver at Frasea Farms 1940
Next door in 1940: Pacific Bakery at 7950 and W H Pearson at 7978. The block, door by door
- 2
8092 Montcalm Street
Marpole, 1940
- Mrs M F Currie, widow of S 1940
- Stewart C Currie, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: W T Duncan at 8068. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (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
In 1940 the directory lists J G D Currie at 7964 Montcalm Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John G D Currie there as the householder, a driver at Frasea Farms. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M F Currie at 8092 Montcalm Street; 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 Margaret F Currie there as the householder, widow of S, with Stewart C Currie, a clerk.
Today
7964 Montcalm (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8092 Montcalm, so that building is 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 J G D7964 Montcalm, p. 115
- Currie John G D drvr Frasea Farms7964 Montcalm, p. 144
- *Currie Mrs M F8092 Montcalm, p. 115
- Currie Margt F wid S8092 Montcalm, p. 144
- Currie Stewart C clk8092 Montcalm, p. 144
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.