A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Reeds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Reed at one address, 3440 West 26th Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, in 1940. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Reed name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Reeds at home
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3440 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J Reed, a manager at J Reed Plumbing Supplies 1940
- Bernard Reed, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: D B Hardie at 3432 and A W Nursey at 3454. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Reed at 3440 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Reed there as the householder, a manager at J Reed Plumbing Supplies, with Bernard Reed, a student.
Today
3440 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reed J3440 West 26th, p. 241
- Reed Bernard studt3440 West 26th, p. 513
- Reed John mgr J Reed Plmbg Supp3440 West 26th, p. 513
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.