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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Raines

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Raine at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Raines at 4533 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Raines lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1716 Clark Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J B Raine 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Wheeling at 1726. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1449 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T N Raine, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Duhamel at 1443 and Miss L B Martin at 1457. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1686 East 36th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W H Raine, an elevator operator at the Mercantile Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Dennison at 1676. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    734 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • S J Raine, a shoemaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Lupton at 716 and C H Osment at 746. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1610 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W J Raine 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Toban at 1604 and A I Ward at 1616. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4533 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T C Raine, retired 1940
    • Doris M Raine, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Ron Raine, a wireless operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Ross at 4523 and H V Appleton at 4539. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3228 Yukon Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Anne Raine, widow of C E 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L McManus at 3224. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a barber, an elevator operator, an operator, a shoemaker and a wireless operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Sunset and West Point Grey. 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 J B Raine at 1716 Clark Drive; 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 Jonathan B Raine there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists T N Raine at 1449 East 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas N Raine there as the householder, a barber.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Raine at 1686 East 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Raine there as the householder, an elevator operator at the Mercantile Building. In 1940 the directory lists S J Raine at 734 East 50th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists S James Raine there as the householder, a shoemaker.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Raine at 1610 Salsbury Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. T C Raine is listed at 4533 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Raine there as the householder, retired, with Doris M Raine, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Ron Raine, a wireless operator. The 1940 name section lists Anne Raine at 3228 Yukon Street, widow of C E.

Today

734 East 50th, 1610 Salsbury Drive, 4533 West 12th and 3228 Yukon still have their buildings from before 1946; 1716 Clark Drive (1999) and 1686 East 36th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1449 East 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.