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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Raineys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Rainey at six addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Raney. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Raineys 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

    2135 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Margaret Rainey, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D Smith at 2133 and C C Greer at 2137. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    779 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Doug Rainey 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hoffmeister at 761. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2520 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L W Rainey 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Nicholson at 2506. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3460 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M L Raney, an accountant at Dick's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O McCabe at 3442 and F B Creighton at 3470. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    217 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J L Rainey, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Spibey at 227. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1140 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • James Rainey 1940

    Next door in 1940: L L Brown at 1110. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an accountant, a machinist operator and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and West End. 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 Margaret Rainey at 2135 Quebec Street, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Doug Rainey at 779 Thurlow Street. In 1940 the directory lists L W Rainey at 2520 Triumph Street. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence W Rainey there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists M L Raney at 3460 West 11th Avenue; 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 lists Merton L Raney there as the householder, an accountant at Dick's. In 1940 the directory lists J L Rainey at 217 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James L Rainey there as the householder, a machinist operator at American Can.

The 1940 name section lists James Rainey at 1140 West 8th Avenue.

Today

2520 Triumph and 217 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946; 3460 West 11th (2008) and 1140 West 8th (1991) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2135 Quebec and 779 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Raineys

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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.