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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Reids

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Reid at five addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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

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

    1416 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Reid, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Holbrook at 1418. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1615 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Reid, a hand janitor at the Metro Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Adamson at 1609 and T Higginbotham at 1627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1814 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H D B Reid, a reporter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Kronquist at 1812 and J P Dowman at 1820. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1965 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C E Reid, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: T MacGovern at 1953 and W H Pegg at 1973. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3755 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R A Reid, an engineer at the CPR 1940
    • W Wallace Reid, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Jameson at 3743 and D McG Aird at 3767. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an engineer, a hand janitor, a helper and a reporter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Reid at 1416 West 7th Avenue, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber. T Reid is listed at 1615 West 7th 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 Thomas Reid there as the householder, a hand janitor at the Metro Building.

H D B Reid is listed at 1814 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry D B Reid there as the householder, a reporter. Mrs C E Reid is listed at 1965 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cath E Reid there as the householder, widow of J.

R A Reid is listed at 3755 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Reid there as the householder, an engineer at the CPR, with W Wallace Reid, a student.

Today

The City no longer lists 1416 West 7th, 1615 West 7th, 1814 West 7th, 1965 West 7th and 3755 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.