A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Reid at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
1121 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Connie Reid, a maid at the York Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: H Butterworth at 1115 and lorraine (the) apts at 1123. The block, door by door
- 2
1135 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Evelyn Reid, a stenographer at Safeway Stores 1940
Next door in 1940: garth (the) at 1133 and G A McIntyre at 1137. The block, door by door
- 3
1225 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- A W Reid, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: selkirk annex at 1213 and Miss L M Davies at 1231. The block, door by door
- 4
1818 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Garnet Reid, a display at Famous 1940
- Mrs Georgina Reid, a saleswoman at Famous 1940
Next door in 1940: H R Bennett at 1832. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a carpenter, a display, a maid, a saleswoman and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Famous.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Connie Reid at 1121 Barclay Street, a maid at the York Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn Reid at 1135 Barclay Street, a stenographer at Safeway Stores. In 1940 the directory lists A W Reid at 1225 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert W Reid there as the householder, a carpenter.
The 1940 name section lists Garnet Reid at 1818 Barclay Street, a display at Famous, with Mrs Georgina Reid, a saleswoman at Famous.
Today
1135 Barclay (2005) and 1225 Barclay (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1121 Barclay and 1818 Barclay, so those buildings are 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 Connie maid York Hotel1121 Barclay, p. 514
- Reid Evelyn sten Safeway Stores1135 Barclay, p. 514
- Reid A W1225 Barclay, p. 8
- Reid Albt W carp1225 Barclay, p. 514
- Reid Garnet display Famous1818 Barclay, p. 514
- Reid Mrs Georgina slswm Famous1818 Barclay, p. 514
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.