A family name on Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Ritchies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Ritchie at one address, 5062 Arbutus Street in Arbutus Ridge, in 1940. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Ritchie name's own page.
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The Ritchies at home
Ridge
- 1
5062 Arbutus Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- W Ritchie, a watchman at Vancouver Motors 1940
- Agnes C Ritchie, a school teacher 1940
- Thomas Ritchie, a foreman at Vancouver Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Havers at 5038 and E C Climie at 5070. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a foreman, a school teacher and a watchman. Two of them worked for Vancouver Motors.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Arbutus Ridge. 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 W Ritchie at 5062 Arbutus Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Ritchie there as the householder, a watchman at Vancouver Motors, with Agnes C Ritchie, a school teacher, and Thomas Ritchie, a foreman at Vancouver Motors.
Today
5062 Arbutus (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ritchie W5062 Arbutus, p. 6
- Ritchie Agnes C sch tchr Van City5062 Arbutus, p. 522
- Ritchie Thos formn Van Motors5062 Arbutus, p. 522
- Ritchie Wm wtchmn Van Motors5062 Arbutus, p. 522
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ritchies
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ritchie name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.