A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Curries
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Currie at two addresses in 1940, all on West 41st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Curries at 2297 West 41st 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
- 1
2291 West 41st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Mrs L A Currie, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr W T Ewing at 2285 and D H Currie at 2297. The block, door by door
- 2
2297 West 41st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- D H Currie, a salesman 1940
- D Scott Currie 1940
- Lucy I Currie, a stenographer at the Workmens Compensation Board 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Currie at 2291. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (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 Mrs L A Currie at 2291 West 41st 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 Lucy A Currie there as the householder, widow of A. In 1940 the directory lists D H Currie at 2297 West 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David H Currie there as the householder, a salesman, with D Scott Currie, and Lucy I Currie, a stenographer at the Workmens Compensation Board.
Today
2291 West 41st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2297 West 41st (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Currie Mrs L A2291 West 41st, p. 258
- Currie Lucy A wid A2291 West 41st, p. 144
- *Currie D H2297 West 41st, p. 258
- Currie D Scott2297 West 41st, p. 144
- Currie David H slsmn2297 West 41st, p. 144
- Currie Lucy I sten Workmens Comp Bd2297 West 41st, 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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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.