A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Reeds
In the city directories 1940 · 51 addresses on 43 streets
The directories print the Reed name at 51 addresses on 43 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Reeds lived
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
- Mount Pleasant7 addresses
- Downtown5 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
- Kerrisdale4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Marpole3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- West End2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
- Sunset1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: A H Reed and Mrs K Reed1940
- 2East 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: J Reed, C H Reed and Martha T Reed1940
- 3East 24th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: G C Reed and Anna M Reed1940
- 4Fraser StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: G H Reed and J C Reed1940
- 5West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; two people: R B Reed and Doris Reed1940
- 6West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; five people: Mrs V I Reed, Edna P Reed and Herbert G Reed, and two more1940
- 7West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: G B Reed and James Reed1940
- 8Windsor StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Sunset; five people: A V Reed, O D Reed and Emily Reed, and two more1940
- 9Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; two people: Edgar Reed and Jobe Reed1940
- 10Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: Mrs G H Reed1940
- 11East 21st AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: R G Reed and Eileen A Reed1940
- 12East 22nd AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: W J Reed and C Foster Reed1940
31 more streets, by name: East 31st Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kingsway (1), Lime Street (1), Napier Street (1), Osler Street (1), Perry Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Robson Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Water Street (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 51 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 15; each street's page names them.
The book of the Reeds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Reed 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.