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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Louries

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Lourie at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Louries 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

    5938 Churchill Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Dr Marianne Lourie, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Simpson at 5912 and R S Laird at 5962. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4132 Crown Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A L Lourie 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Wilson at 4122 and H W Hudson at 4140. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1154 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lourie (no first name printed) 1940
    • Lourie 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1519 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • P Lourie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A R Anthony at 1529. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Dr Marianne Lourie at 5938 Churchill Street as the householder, widow of A. A L Lourie is listed at 4132 Crown Crescent in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Lourie (no first name printed) at 1154 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section lists Lourie there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists P Lourie at 1519 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Paul Lourie there as the householder.

Today

4132 Crown Crescent and 1154 Gilford still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5938 Churchill (1993) and 1519 West 36th (1999) have newer buildings, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Louries

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.