A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Reusches
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Reusch at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Reusches lived
- 1
3889 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Grace I E Reusch, a maid for E W Lamprey 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Blair at 3837. The block, door by door
- 2
1836 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H P Reusch, a foreman at National Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: F M Hughes at 1832 and J E Baker at 1860. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a foreman and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 Grace I E Reusch at 3889 Angus Drive, a maid for E W Lamprey. H P Reusch is listed at 1836 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold P Reusch there as the householder, a foreman at National Dairies.
Today
3889 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1836 Franklin, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reusch Grace I E maid E W Lamprey3889 Angus Drive, p. 517
- Reusch H P1836 Franklin, p. 51
- Reusch Harold P formn Natl Dairies1836 Franklin, p. 517
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Reusches
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Reusch 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.