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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Reynoldses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Reynolds at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd 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: three Reynoldses at 2732 West 23rd 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

    2732 West 23rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C G Reynolds, a laborer 1940
    • John Reynolds, a salesman at B&K Economy Stores 1940
    • Vera Reynolds 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Sharp at 2794. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3140 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Irene Reynolds, a maid for E R Nordin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Bryant at 3128 and H A Morrow at 3160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer, a maid and a salesman.

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 C G Reynolds at 2732 West 23rd 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 Charles G Reynolds there as the householder, a laborer, with John Reynolds, a salesman at B&K Economy Stores, and Vera Reynolds. The 1940 name section lists Irene Reynolds at 3140 West 23rd Avenue, a maid for E R Nordin.

Today

3140 West 23rd (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2732 West 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Reynoldses

Every directory, as one book

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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.