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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ritchies

In the city directories 1940 · 57 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Ritchie name at 57 addresses on 47 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Ritchies lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End10 addresses
  2. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  3. Sunset6 addresses
  4. Downtown5 addresses
  5. Fairview4 addresses
  6. Kitsilano4 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy4 addresses
  8. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  9. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  10. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  13. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  14. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  15. Victoria-Fraserview1 address
  16. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Mackenzie StreetThree addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: A C Ritchie, A W Ritchie and C P Ritchie, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Thurlow StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: H Ritchie, Edith Ritchie and James Ritchie
    1940
  3. 3
    West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; four people: A C Ritchie, H Ritchie and Mrs J Ritchie, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Commercial DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A A Ritchie and W M Ritchie
    1940
  5. 5
    Franklin StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A L Ritchie and T W Ritchie
    1940
  6. 6
    Pandora StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: D Ritchie, J A G Ritchie and Arthur J Ritchie, and two more
    1940
  7. 7
    Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: Martha M Ritchie, Mary Ritchie and Miss M M Ritchie, and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: Mrs A A Ritchie
    1940
  9. 9
    Arbutus StreetOne address in Arbutus Ridge; three people: W Ritchie, Agnes C Ritchie and Thomas Ritchie
    1940
  10. 10
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: W W Ritchie
    1940
  11. 11
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: F S Ritchie and John Ritchie
    1940
  12. 12
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Mrs L Ritchie
    1940

35 more streets, by name: Bute Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cedar Crescent (1), Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Comox Street (1), Culloden Street (1), Drake Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), Elliott Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Granville Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Manitoba Street (1), Osler Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Trafalgar Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 57 addresses, 22 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.