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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Reavills

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Reavill at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Reaville. 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 Reavills lived

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

    336 East 63rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Bernard Reaville, an oil stove installer 1940
    • Eric Reaville, a machinistman at Vancouver Frame & Chair 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B R Jordan at 358. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    358 East 63rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • D G Reaville, a machinist at the Anderson Furniture Factory 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Bowen at 336 and K N Cowan at 372. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    935 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Robert Reavill, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McBride at 925 and A Clark at 955. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3824 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • O J Reavill, a machinist at Morrison Steel 1940

    Next door in 1940: M D Jones at 3820 and G D Tremblay at 3828. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    814 West 23rd Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • A J Reavill, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: E R A Russell at 804 and Mrs A L Henderson at 820. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2795 Yale Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W E Reaville 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Nicholson at 2773. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a machinist (2), an orderly (2), a machinistman and an oil stove installer. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, South Cambie 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bernard Reaville at 336 East 63rd Avenue, an oil stove installer, with Eric Reaville, a machinistman at Vancouver Frame & Chair. D G Reaville is listed at 358 East 63rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dennis G Reaville there as the householder, a machinist at the Anderson Furniture Factory. The 1940 name section lists Robert Reavill at 935 West 10th Avenue, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists O J Reavill at 3824 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists O James Reavill there as the householder, a machinist at Morrison Steel. In 1940 the directory lists A J Reavill at 814 West 23rd 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 Arthur J Reavill there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists W E Reaville at 2795 Yale Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter E Reavill there as the householder.

Today

814 West 23rd and 2795 Yale still have their buildings from before 1946; 336 East 63rd (1985), 358 East 63rd (2015), 935 West 10th (1961) and 3824 West 11th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Reavills

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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.