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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Curries

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at three addresses

The directories print nine people named Currie at three addresses in 1940, all on West 18th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Curries at 275 West 18th in 1940. 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

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

    275 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs C E Currie, widow of R J 1940
    • Beatrice Currie, a dressmaker 1940
    • Edith Currie 1940
    • Paul Currie, a mechanic 1940
    • Ross Currie, an apprentice at Star Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Lamberton at 261 and G Easthom at 285. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2137 West 18th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • M C Currie, a driver at McGavin 1940
  3. 3

    4053 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs M Currie 1940
    • J Hector Currie, a student 1940
    • Jean M Currie, a typist at the Dominion Income Tax 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Grant at 4047 and G Langdon at 4057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an apprentice, a dressmaker, a driver, a mechanic and a typist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 Mrs C E Currie at 275 West 18th 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 Clara E Currie there as the householder, widow of R J, with Beatrice Currie, a dressmaker, Edith Currie, Paul Currie, a mechanic, and Ross Currie, an apprentice at Star Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists M C Currie at 2137 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Melville C Currie there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Currie at 4053 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marion Currie there as the householder, with J Hector Currie, a student, and Jean M Currie, a typist at the Dominion Income Tax.

Today

275 West 18th and 4053 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2137 West 18th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Curries

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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.