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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Reids

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Reid at five addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    871 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Reid 1940
    • E Reid 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1049 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W W Reid, in meats 1940

    Next door in 1940: Viking Fur Co at 1047 and C H Shuker at 1051. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1161 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Reid, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1236 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Reid, a porter at New York Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Granville 2nd Hand Store at 1234 and S J Bissmire at 1240. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3651 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dorothy E Reid, a maid for J A Forin 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a maid and a porter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4) and Shaughnessy. 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 A Reid at 871 Granville Street, with E Reid. W W Reid, in meats, is listed at 1049 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Reid at 1161 Granville Street, retired.

J Reid is listed at 1236 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Reid there as the householder, a porter at New York Barber Shop. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy E Reid at 3651 Granville Street, a maid for J A Forin.

Today

1161 Granville, 1236 Granville and 3651 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 871 Granville and 1049 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday
1923 Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday. Taken on the 800 block; it doesn't single out the house at 871 Granville. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-954. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Reids

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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.