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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Quirings

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Quiring at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Quirings at 256 West 48th in 1940.

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Where the Quirings lived

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

    4637 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Susie Quiring, a maid for A C Lumsden 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Harrison at 4611 and W E Nutter at 4661. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1691 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Anne Quiring, a maid for W R Dowrey 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Macfarlane at 1679. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    256 West 48th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • J Quiring, a laborer at Bloedel Stewart & Welch 1940
    • Elizabeth A Quiring, a maid for O S Hanna 1940
    • Elmer Quiring 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Boisvert at 248 and T Hoffman at 296. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a maid (3) and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2) and Oakridge. 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 Susie Quiring at 4637 Angus Drive, a maid for A C Lumsden. The 1940 name section lists Anne Quiring at 1691 West 40th Avenue, a maid for W R Dowrey. In 1940 the directory lists J Quiring at 256 West 48th 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 John Quiring there as the householder, a laborer at Bloedel Stewart & Welch, with John Quiring Jr, Elizabeth A Quiring, a maid for O S Hanna, and Elmer Quiring.

Today

4637 Angus Drive and 1691 West 40th still have their buildings from before 1946; 256 West 48th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Quirings

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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 Q. Want a name removed? Tell us.