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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rannies

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Rannie 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 Rannies at 37 East 11th in 1940.

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Where the Rannies 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

    37 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Rannie, a music teacher 1940
    • Ken M Rannie, a window dresser 1940
    • Thomas A Rannie, a bookkeeper at Small & Boyes 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Young at 25 and A W S McLean at 43. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3175 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Rannie, retired 1940
    • Ruth M Rannie, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Hobbs at 3157 and F Yates at 3191. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4524 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G A Rannie, a guard at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Fraser at 4514 and A Burgess at 4530. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a bookkeeper, a guard, a music teacher, a school teacher and a window dresser.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Mount Pleasant 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 C Rannie, a music teacher, at 37 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Rannie there, a music teacher, with Ken M Rannie, a window dresser, and Thomas A Rannie, a bookkeeper at Small & Boyes. In 1940 the directory lists A Rannie at 3175 West 32nd 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 Alex Rannie there as the householder, retired, with Ruth M Rannie, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Rannie at 4524 West 4th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gilbert A Rannie there as the householder, a guard at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

3175 West 32nd (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 37 East 11th and 4524 West 4th, 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

The book of the Rannies

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.