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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Michies

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Michie at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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: four Michies at 1395 West 14th in 1940.

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Where the Michies lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5587 Balsam Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J C Michie, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Stone at 5575 and A Morgan at 5599. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1405 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • John Michie, a clerk at the Ritz Apartment Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Stavens at 1443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2323 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Marion Michie, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J Pye at 2317 and J J Miller at 2331. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3985 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Elsie Michie, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Labey at 3977 and T J O'Leary at 3989. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1395 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss K D S Michie 1940
    • Kathleen D S Michie, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Alice C Michie, a school teacher 1940
    • Beatrice E Michie, a nurse for J D Fletcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    318 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Alex Michie, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Allen at 308 and T Black at 328. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3176 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G A Michie, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Morrice at 3158 and D M MacKenzie at 3192. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a police officer (2), a clerk, a domestic, a laborer, a nurse and a school teacher, among others. Five of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists J C Michie at 5587 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John C Michie there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists John Michie at 1405 East Pender Street, a clerk at the Ritz Apartment Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Marion Michie at 2323 Graveley Street, widow of G.

The 1940 name section lists Elsie Michie at 3985 West 13th Avenue, a domestic. Miss K D S Michie is listed at 1395 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen D S Michie there as the householder, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver, with Alice C Michie, a school teacher, and Beatrice E Michie, a nurse for J D Fletcher. The 1940 name section lists Alex Michie at 318 West 18th Avenue, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Michie at 3176 West 35th 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 lists George A Michie there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2323 Graveley, 3985 West 13th, 1395 West 14th and 318 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1395 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1405 East Pender (1963) and 3176 West 35th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5587 Balsam, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.