A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown
The Ritchies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Ritchie at three addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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
741 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- James Ritchie 1940
Next door in 1940: R Hoffmeister at 761. The block, door by door
- 2
1243 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- H Ritchie, an assistant engineer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door
- 3
1416 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Edith Ritchie, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Bonness at 1406 and H Edwards at 1418. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an assistant engineer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 James Ritchie at 741 Thurlow Street. H Ritchie is listed at 1243 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hazen Ritchie there as the householder, an assistant engineer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Edith Ritchie at 1416 Thurlow Street, widow of J.
Today
1243 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 741 Thurlow and 1416 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ritchie Jas741 Thurlow, p. 522
- Ritchie H1243 Thurlow, p. 156
- Ritchie Hazen asst eng BCER1243 Thurlow, p. 522
- Ritchie Edith wid J1416 Thurlow, p. 522
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.