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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Reids

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Reid at five addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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

    1190 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Annie Reid, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: randolph apartments at 1176. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1306 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alex M Reid, a student at Barrow Wade Guthrie 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Newcomb at 1316. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1366 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary Reid, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Tupper at 1356 and A T Essery at 1376. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1776 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G W Reid, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A MacLeod at 1766 and Mrs A S Wainwright at 1786. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1865 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Janet Reid, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Hillman at 1855 and W S Dick at 1875. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a clerk. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4) and Kitsilano. 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 Reid at 1190 West 12th Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Alex M Reid at 1306 West 12th Avenue, a student at Barrow Wade Guthrie. The 1940 name section lists Mary Reid at 1366 West 12th Avenue, a widow. The 1940 name section lists G W Reid at 1776 West 12th Avenue, a clerk.

The 1940 name section lists Janet Reid at 1865 West 12th Avenue, widow of S.

Today

1190 West 12th, 1306 West 12th and 1865 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1306 West 12th and 1865 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1366 West 12th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1776 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.