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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rattrays

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Rattray at six 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.

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Where the Rattrays 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marjorie M Rattray, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    380 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mary A Rattray, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Burns at 374. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3446 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J W Rattray, a machinist at Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Stannard at 3438 and W F Gilhooly at 3480. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    840 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W G Rattray 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J French at 838 and J Michielsen at 850. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4042 Perry Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Rattray, a pressman at Bulman Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Thiel at 4032 and N R Beirnes at 4050. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1601 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs C A Rattray, widow of J R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Gibbings at 1611. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a machinist, a nurse and a pressman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 Marjorie M Rattray at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Rattray at 380 East 15th Avenue, widow of W. In 1940 the directory lists J W Rattray at 3446 East 23rd 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 James W Rattray there as the householder, a machinist at Restmore.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Rattray at 840 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists William G Rattray there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W Rattray at 4042 Perry Street. The 1940 name section lists William Rattray there as the householder, a pressman at Bulman Bros.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C A Rattray at 1601 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Celia A Rattray there as the householder, widow of J R.

Today

4042 Perry (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 380 East 15th, 3446 East 23rd, 840 Homer and 1601 West 64th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.