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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Reveleys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Reveley at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Rieveley. 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 Reveleys at 1995 Whyte in 1940.

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Where the Reveleys 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

    2558 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W H Rieveley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Choquette at 2554. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5961 Macdonald Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Ethel H Reveley, a school teacher 1940
    • Ruby C Reveley, a bookkeeper for J J Gibbons 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Leckie at 5937 and F W Linington at 5987. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1596 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Harriet H Reveley, widow of A H 1940
    • Ruby C Reveley, a stenographer at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3245 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Reveley, an elevator operator at the Devonshire Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Pratt at 3235 and Mrs H Tuson at 3255. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1995 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Reveley, retired 1940
    • Harold Reveley, a driver 1940
    • Thomas J Reveley, an elevator operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Tingley at 1973. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: an elevator operator (2), a bookkeeper, a driver, a school teacher and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Fairview, Kerrisdale and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W H Rieveley at 2558 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Rieveley there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Ethel H Reveley at 5961 Macdonald Street, a school teacher, with Ruby C Reveley, a bookkeeper for J J Gibbons. The 1940 name section lists Harriet H Reveley at 1596 West 14th Avenue, widow of A H, with Ruby C Reveley, a stenographer at the Royal Bank.

In 1940 the directory lists C Reveley at 3245 West 5th 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 Cyril Reveley there as the householder, an elevator operator at the Devonshire Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists C Reveley at 1995 Whyte Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril Reveley there as the householder, retired, with Harold Reveley, a driver, and Thomas J Reveley, an elevator operator.

Today

5961 Macdonald and 3245 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2558 East 23rd (1971), 1596 West 14th (2000) and 1995 Whyte (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.