A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Reids
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Reid at two addresses in 1940, all on West 33rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Reids at 3862 West 33rd 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
- 1
1908 West 33rd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Mrs E J Reid, widow of C E 1940
Next door in 1940: G C B Baillie at 1922. The block, door by door
- 2
3862 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs D E Reid, widow of F E 1940
- Josephine F Reid, a typist at H R MacMillan Export 1940
- Kendall L Reid, a clerk at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Weldon C Reid, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export 1940
Next door in 1940: D C McDermid at 3854 and P B Giroday at 3870. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk (2) and a typist. Two of them worked for H R MacMillan Export. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Mrs E J Reid at 1908 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eliza J Reid there as the householder, widow of C E. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs D E Reid at 3862 West 33rd 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 Daisy E Reid there as the householder, widow of F E, with Josephine F Reid, a typist at H R MacMillan Export, Kendall L Reid, a clerk at Canadian White Pine, and Weldon C Reid, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export.
Today
1908 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3862 West 33rd (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reid Mrs E J1908 West 33rd, p. 249
- Reid Eliza J wid C E1908 West 33rd, p. 514
- *Reid Mrs D E3862 West 33rd, p. 249
- Reid Daisy E wid F E3862 West 33rd, p. 514
- Reid Josephine F typist H R MacMillan Export3862 West 33rd, p. 515
- Reid Kendall L clk Can White Pine3862 West 33rd, p. 515
- Reid Weldon C clk H R MacMillan Export3862 West 33rd, 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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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.