A family name on Grant Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Reid at two addresses in 1940, all on Grant Street. 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 131 other streets too, all listed on the Reid 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 Reids lived
- 1
2135 Grant Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Nellie Reid, a housekeeper for Mrs L R Murdock 1940
Next door in 1940: W Murdoch at 2125 and Rev S McM Kerr at 2141. The block, door by door
- 2
2583 Grant Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J H Reid, a mattress maker at Vancouver Bedding 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Hygh at 2575 and K D Hayhurst at 2593. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a housekeeper and a mattress maker.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nellie Reid at 2135 Grant Street, a housekeeper for Mrs L R Murdock. J H Reid is listed at 2583 Grant Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H Reid there as the householder, a mattress maker at Vancouver Bedding.
Today
2135 Grant still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 2583 Grant (1982) has a newer building, 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.
- Reid Nellie hsekpr Mrs L R Murdock2135 Grant, p. 515
- Reid J H2583 Grant, p. 61
- Reid Jas H mattress mkr Van Bedding2583 Grant, p. 515
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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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.