A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Reid at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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
- 1
162 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J C Reid, a president at Reid's Holiday Togs 1940
Next door in 1940: C L Foster at 156 and T Metcalfe at 196. The block, door by door
- 2
465 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- P Reid, in insurance and real estate agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Munro at 455. The block, door by door
- 3
4232 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W T Reid, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: L S Carr at 4218 and L J Trounce at 4238. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an insurance and real estate agent, a president and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and West Point Grey. 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
In 1940 the directory lists J C Reid at 162 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack C Reid there as the householder, a president at Reid's Holiday Togs. In 1940 the directory lists P Reid at 465 West 13th Avenue; 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 Peter Reid there as the householder, in insurance and real estate agent.
In 1940 the directory lists W T Reid at 4232 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William T Reid there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
162 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 465 West 13th (2017) and 4232 West 13th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reid J C162 West 13th, p. 211
- Reid Jack C pres Reid's Holiday Togs162 West 13th, p. 514
- *Reid P465 West 13th, p. 211
- Reid Peter ins and real est agt465 West 13th, p. 515
- *Reid W T4232 West 13th, p. 213
- Reid Wm T sch tchr Van City4232 West 13th, p. 515
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.