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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lowries

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Lowrie at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Lowries at 366 East 45th in 1940.

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Where the Lowries 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

    366 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs M E Lowrie, widow of J M 1940
    • Edna E Lowrie, a biller at M-W Ltd 1940
    • Merrill D Lowrie, a laborer at Galbraith & Sulley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Turner at 358 and F Tait at 372. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    208 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Robert Lowrie 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Sato at 210. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1455 West 57th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Dr A Lowrie, a physician 1940
    • Don Lowrie 1940
    • Wallace S Lowrie, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Pronger at 1443 and A S Killam at 1467. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a biller, a laborer and a physician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Oakridge, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 M E Lowrie at 366 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary E Lowrie there as the householder, widow of J M, with Edna E Lowrie, a biller at M-W Ltd, and Merrill D Lowrie, a laborer at Galbraith & Sulley. The 1940 name section lists Robert Lowrie at 208 Union Street.

Dr A Lowrie is listed at 1455 West 57th Avenue in 1940; 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 Andrew Lowrie there as the householder, a physician, with Don Lowrie, and Wallace S Lowrie, a student.

Today

366 East 45th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 208 Union and 1455 West 57th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.