A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Reid at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue. 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
196 West 23rd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- David Reid, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: E England at 192. The block, door by door
- 2
860 West 23rd Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- J C Reid, a president at Adanac Wood Products 1940
- Mrs Olive C Reid, proprietor of Reid's Hardware 1940
Next door in 1940: C Stuart at 854. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 David Reid at 196 West 23rd Avenue, retired. J C Reid is listed at 860 West 23rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Cecil Reid there as the householder, a president at Adanac Wood Products, with Mrs Olive C Reid, proprietor of Reid's Hardware.
Today
860 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 196 West 23rd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reid David retired196 West 23rd, p. 514
- Reid J C860 West 23rd, p. 237
- Reid J Cecil pres Adanac Wood Prods860 West 23rd, p. 514
- Reid Mrs Olive C prop Reid's Hdw860 West 23rd, p. 515
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.