A family name on Lanark Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
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 Lanark 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.
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Where the Reids lived
- 1
3708 Lanark Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Annie E Reid, a stenographer at the International Factory Sales & Service 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R Cousineau at 3724. The block, door by door
- 2
3725 Lanark Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G B Reid, a salesman at McMillans Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: W Duff at 3707 and Mrs N C Vernon at 3759. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 Annie E Reid at 3708 Lanark Street, a stenographer at the International Factory Sales & Service. G B Reid is listed at 3725 Lanark Street in 1940; 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 lists George B Reid there as the householder, a salesman at McMillans Ltd.
Today
3708 Lanark (2015) and 3725 Lanark (2021) have newer buildings, 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 Annie E sten Intl Fcty Sales & Serv3708 Lanark, p. 514
- *Reid G B3725 Lanark, p. 101
- Reid Geo B slsmn McMillans Ltd3725 Lanark, 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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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.