A family name on Mackenzie Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Ritchies
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Ritchie at three addresses in 1940, all on Mackenzie Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
- 1
5286 Mackenzie Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- C P Ritchie, a manager at P E Ritchie & Son 1940
Next door in 1940: W Rea Jr at 5226. The block, door by door
- 2
5583 Mackenzie Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A W Ritchie, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: G A McIver at 5549 and J W Logan at 5595. The block, door by door
- 3
5649 Mackenzie Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- A C Ritchie, a secretary for G W Ribchester 1940
- Hugh A Ritchie, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Johnston at 5615 and A Honeyman at 5655. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a manager, a secretary and a sub station operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 C P Ritchie at 5286 Mackenzie 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 C Pat Ritchie there as the householder, a manager at P E Ritchie & Son. In 1940 the directory lists A W Ritchie at 5583 Mackenzie Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alister W Ritchie there as the householder, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists A C Ritchie at 5649 Mackenzie Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Augustus C Ritchie there as the householder, a secretary for G W Ribchester, with Hugh A Ritchie, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug.
Today
5286 Mackenzie, 5583 Mackenzie and 5649 Mackenzie still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ritchie C P5286 Mackenzie, p. 106
- Ritchie C Pat mgr P E Ritchie & Son5286 Mackenzie, p. 522
- *Ritchie A W5583 Mackenzie, p. 106
- Ritchie Alister W sub sta opr BCER5583 Mackenzie, p. 522
- *Ritchie A C5649 Mackenzie, p. 106
- Ritchie Augustus C sec G W Ribchester5649 Mackenzie, p. 522
- Ritchie Hugh A appr Cunningham Drug5649 Mackenzie, 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.