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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ratcliffes

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Ratcliffe at nine addresses in 1940 in nine 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 Ratcliffes 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

    3347 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • William Ratcliffe, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Scaife at 3343 and A Romban at 3353. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1478 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Albert Ratcliffe, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Murray at 1460 and Mrs L M McDougall at 1484. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1003 East 58th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F Ratcliffe, a pipe fitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Rees at 1021. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Ratcliff 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1521 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Ratcliffe 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Fisher at 1513 and J F Lyster at 1575. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    262 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Ratcliffe, a packer 1940
    • Mrs Elizabeth Ratcliffe 1940

    Next door in 1940: somerset apts at 256. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2945 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Lottie Ratcliffe 1940

    Next door in 1940: F McGraw at 2939 and A Greenall at 2955. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    520 West 27th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • L R Ratcliffe, a cutter at Grant & Sons 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Mounce at 548. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2901 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E J Ratcliffe 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Hay at 2907. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the ten: a cutter, a miner, an orderly, a packer and a pipe fitter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, South Cambie, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Ratcliffe at 3347 Charles Street, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Albert Ratcliffe at 1478 East 27th Avenue, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists F Ratcliffe at 1003 East 58th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fred Ratcliffe there as the householder, a pipe fitter.

The 1940 name section lists H Ratcliff at 123 Powell Street. G Ratcliffe is listed at 1521 Salsbury Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Ratcliffe there as the householder.

R Ratcliffe is listed at 262 Vernon Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard Ratcliffe there as the householder, a packer, with Mrs Elizabeth Ratcliffe. The 1940 name section lists Lottie Ratcliffe at 2945 West 12th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists L R Ratcliffe at 520 West 27th 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 Leslie R Ratcliffe there as the householder, a cutter at Grant & Sons. In 1940 the directory lists E J Ratcliffe at 2901 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

3347 Charles, 1521 Salsbury Drive and 520 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1478 East 27th (1985) and 2945 West 12th (1991) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1003 East 58th, 123 Powell, 262 Vernon Drive and 2901 West 34th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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 Ratcliffes

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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.