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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Reids

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Reid at six addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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: three Reids at 2426 West 2nd 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2177 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Reid, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Corley at 2163 and R Seaborn at 2189. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2301 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Reid, a shoe repairer 1940
    • Harry L Reid, a shipper at Canadian Liquid Air 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Kinnie at 2315. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2385 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Reid, a provincial at Liberal Organizer 1940
    • Mary F Reid, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Oldaker at 2375 and B Jamieson at 2391. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2426 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Reid, a carpenter 1940
    • Elsie F Reid 1940
    • Irene Reid, a comptroller operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Macaluso at 2406 and Rev W J M Swan at 2436. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2745 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A G Reid, a president at the Star Foundry 1940
    • Glen Reid, an apprentice at the Star Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Holmes at 2735 and Miss E M Burroughs at 2749. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4362 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W S Reid, who worked for J I Reid 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Pickering at 4338 and Mrs J Hoogen at 4370. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the eleven: an apprentice, an assistant, a carpenter, a comptroller operator, a president and a provincial, among others. Two of them worked for Star Foundry.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5) 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 Reid at 2177 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Reid there as the householder, a machinist at McKenzie Barge & Derrick, with James A Reid, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library. In 1940 the directory lists J Reid at 2301 West 2nd 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 John Reid there as the householder, a shoe repairer, with Harry L Reid, a shipper at Canadian Liquid Air.

In 1940 the directory lists C Reid at 2385 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Reid there as the householder, a provincial at Liberal Organizer, with Mary F Reid, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists J Reid at 2426 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Reid there as the householder, a carpenter, with Elsie F Reid, and Irene Reid, a comptroller operator.

In 1940 the directory lists A G Reid at 2745 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex G Reid there as the householder, a president at the Star Foundry, with Glen Reid, an apprentice at the Star Foundry. In 1940 the directory lists W S Reid at 4362 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William S Reid there as the householder, who worked for J I Reid.

Today

2385 West 2nd (1959), 2426 West 2nd (1995) and 4362 West 2nd (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2177 West 2nd, 2301 West 2nd and 2745 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.