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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rayners

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Rayner at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Rayners at 3620 Triumph in 1940.

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Where the Rayners 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Rayner, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    857 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Sid B Rayner 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Wilson at 833 and 5 listings at 863. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5387 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A J Rayner, a salesman at Pioneer Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Errett at 5355 and G B Keats at 5391. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3620 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G E Rayner, a shipper at M-W Ltd 1940
    • George T Rayner, a swamper at Terminal Cartage 1940
    • Harold J Rayner, a log scaler 1940

    Next door in 1940: D L Darling at 3630. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    354 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R H Rayner, a salesman at Roselawn Ltd 1940
    • Mrs Greta Rayner, a president at Roselawn Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Murray at 344 and W A Campbell at 364. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3884 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F H Rayner, a carpenter 1940
    • Elsie A Rayner, an executive secretary at the Kiwanis Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Morley at 3874 and R W McLeod at 3890. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2723 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • S E Rayner, a forest engineer for P L Lyford 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J M Hunter at 2715 and F E McGahey at 2753. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the eleven: a salesman (2), a carpenter, an executive secretary, a forest engineer, a log scaler and a nurse, among others. Two of them worked for Roselawn Ltd.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 Mary Rayner at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Sid B Rayner at 857 East 12th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists A J Rayner at 5387 Sherbrooke Street. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J Rayner there as the householder, a salesman at Pioneer Laundry.

In 1940 the directory lists G E Rayner at 3620 Triumph 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 lists George E Rayner there as the householder, a shipper at M-W Ltd, with George T Rayner, a swamper at Terminal Cartage, and Harold J Rayner, a log scaler. In 1940 the directory lists R H Rayner at 354 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ross H Rayner there as the householder, a salesman at Roselawn Ltd, with Mrs Greta Rayner, a president at Roselawn Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Rayner at 3884 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Rayner there as the householder, a carpenter, with Elsie A Rayner, an executive secretary at the Kiwanis Club. In 1940 the directory lists S E Rayner at 2723 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Syd E Rayner there as the householder, a forest engineer for P L Lyford.

Today

857 East 12th, 3620 Triumph, 354 West 12th and 3884 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5387 Sherbrooke (1979) and 2723 West 33rd (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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

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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.