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A family name on West 22nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge

The Reids

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Reid at four addresses in 1940, all on West 22nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Reids at 3794 West 22nd in 1940. 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. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3405 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Isabel Reid, widow of M C 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Wood at 3417. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3715 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C W Reid, proprietor of Georgian Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Harvey at 3705 and H G Garrish at 3727. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3794 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs J W Reid, a dressmaker 1940
    • C A P Reid, an auditor for J McKinnon 1940
    • Andrew G Reid, a clerk at Gault Bros 1940
    • Roberta Reid, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Davidson at 3782. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3836 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Houston Reid, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G Ross at 3828 and J W Muirhead at 3842. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an auditor, a clerk, a dressmaker, a laborer, a proprietor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 Isabel Reid at 3405 West 22nd Avenue, widow of M C. C W Reid is listed at 3715 West 22nd Avenue 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 Charles W Reid there as the householder, proprietor of Georgian Garage.

C A P Reid is listed at 3794 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the listing there is Mrs J W Reid, a dressmaker. The 1940 name section lists Charles A P Reid there as the householder, an auditor for J McKinnon, with Mrs Jane W Reid, a dressmaker, Andrew G Reid, a clerk at Gault Bros, and Roberta Reid, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Houston Reid at 3836 West 22nd Avenue, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

3794 West 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 3405 West 22nd (2012), 3715 West 22nd (2012) and 3836 West 22nd (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.