A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Reeds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Reed at two addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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.
Where the Reeds lived
- 1
968 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- G B Reed, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: T S Wood at 966 and N Cosco at 970. The block, door by door
- 2
1055 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- James Reed, proprietor of Broadway Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: P Morrison at 1031 and S Adachi at 1065. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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 G B Reed at 968 West 8th Avenue, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists James Reed at 1055 West 8th Avenue, proprietor of Broadway Furniture.
Today
The City no longer lists 968 West 8th and 1055 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reed G B clk Mc Mc & Prior968 West 8th, p. 513
- Reed Jas prop Bway Furn1055 West 8th, p. 513
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.