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A family name on Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Ritchies

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Ritchie at two addresses in 1940, all on Commercial Drive. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Ritchie name's own page.

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Where the Ritchies 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

    1565 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W M Ritchie, in bicycles and repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Benton at 1533 and crawford block at 1567. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2626 Commercial Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A A Ritchie 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lyon at 2622. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 M Ritchie, in bicycles and repairs, at 1565 Commercial Drive. A A Ritchie is listed at 2626 Commercial Drive in 1940.

Today

The City no longer lists 1565 Commercial Drive and 2626 Commercial Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive
1920 The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive. Taken on the 1500 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1565 Commercial Drive. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99 - 3274. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.