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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Reynoldses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Reynolds at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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: four Reynoldses at 3666 West 14th in 1940. The directories print the name on 50 other streets too, all listed on the Reynolds name's own page.

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Where the Reynoldses 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

    1705 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J J Reynolds, a sight supervisor at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E McMorran at 1715. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1815 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W E B Reynolds, a secretary-treasurer at Mount Pleasant Undertaking 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K B Anderson at 1805 and C K Snell at 1825. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3666 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs H Reynolds, widow of B 1940
    • Bernard M Reynolds, a laborer at Pacific Coast Handle 1940
    • Gregory Reynolds, a driver for Morton Clarke 1940
    • Marion F Reynolds, a stenographer at the United Grain Growers Terminal 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bridgman at 3656 and A V McRae at 3678. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a driver, a laborer, a secretary-treasurer, a sight supervisor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano 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 J Reynolds at 1705 West 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph J Reynolds there as the householder, a sight supervisor at BC Motor Transportation. In 1940 the directory lists W E B Reynolds at 1815 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Waldo E B Reynolds there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at Mount Pleasant Undertaking.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Reynolds at 3666 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Helen Reynolds there as the householder, widow of B, with Bernard M Reynolds, a laborer at Pacific Coast Handle, Gregory Reynolds, a driver for Morton Clarke, and Marion F Reynolds, a stenographer at the United Grain Growers Terminal.

Today

3666 West 14th (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1705 West 14th and 1815 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.