A family name on Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Reid at two addresses in 1940, all on Adanac Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Reids at 1776 Adanac in 1940. The directories print the name on 131 other streets too, all listed on the Reid name's own page.
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Where the Reids lived
- 1
1776 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W Reid, a bridgeman 1940
- Jean Reid, widow of J 1940
- John Reid, a bridge worker 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Nicholson at 1770 and L Rosman at 1790. The block, door by door
- 2
3310 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Reid 1940
Next door in 1940: O Coyle at 3334. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a bridge worker and a bridgeman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 W Reid at 1776 Adanac 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Reid there as the householder, a bridgeman, with Jean Reid, widow of J, and John Reid, a bridge worker. In 1940 the directory lists A Reid at 3310 Adanac Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Addison Reid there as the householder.
Today
3310 Adanac (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1776 Adanac, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Reid W1776 Adanac, p. 2
- Reid Jean wid J1776 Adanac, p. 515
- Reid John bridge wkr1776 Adanac, p. 515
- Reid Wm bridgemn1776 Adanac, p. 515
- *Reid A3310 Adanac, p. 2
- Reid Addison3310 Adanac, p. 514
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Reids
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Reid 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.