A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Uries
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Urie at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Uries at 5558 Fleming in 1940.
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Where the Uries lived
Cedar Cottage
- 1
5558 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A M Urie, retired 1940
- Jessie C Urie, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- M Elizabeth Urie 1940
- Margaret J Urie, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M W Bowles at 5540 and J D Taylor at 5576. The block, door by door
- 2
6090 Hudson Street
Oakridge, 1940
- Bella Urie, a stenographer at Domestic Oil Burner Distributor 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Bridger at 6070. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a stenographer (2) and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Oakridge. 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 A M Urie at 5558 Fleming 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 Archibald M Urie there as the householder, retired, with Jessie C Urie, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, M Elizabeth Urie, and Margaret J Urie, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Bella Urie at 6090 Hudson Street, a stenographer at Domestic Oil Burner Distributor.
Today
6090 Hudson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5558 Fleming, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Urie A M5558 Fleming, p. 51
- Urie Arch M retired5558 Fleming, p. 626
- Urie Jessie C nurse Van Genl Hosp5558 Fleming, p. 626
- Urie M Eliz5558 Fleming, p. 626
- Urie Margt J sten5558 Fleming, p. 626
- Urie Bella sten Domestic Oil Burner Distrib6090 Hudson, p. 626
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Uries
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Urie 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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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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.