A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rheinharts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Rheinhart at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Rhinehart. 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 Rheinharts at 1055 Denman in 1940.
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Where the Rheinharts lived
- 1
1055 Denman Street
West End, 1940
- W A Rheinhart, a salesman 1940
- Mrs M Z Rheinhart, who kept rooms to let 1940
- Helen F Rheinhart, a stenographer for H J Heinz 1940
Next door in 1940: L C Gardner at 1047 and South Van Prod Co at 1057. The block, door by door
- 2
4001 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- S S Rhinehart, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: T Atrill at 4005. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End 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 Mrs M Z Rheinhart, rooms to let, at 1055 Denman Street. By 1940 it is W A Rheinhart. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Rheinhart there as the householder, a salesman, with William A Rheinhart Jr, Mrs Mabel Z Rheinhart, who kept rooms to let, and Helen F Rheinhart, a stenographer for H J Heinz.
S S Rhinehart is listed at 4001 West 11th 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 Smith S Rhinehart there as the householder, retired.
Today
1055 Denman (1970) and 4001 West 11th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rheinhart W A1055 Denman, p. 42
- Rheinhart Mrs M Z rooms1055 Denman, p. 42
- Rheinhart Helen F sten H J Heinz1055 Denman, p. 517
- Rheinhart Mrs Mabel Z rooms1055 Denman, p. 517
- Rheinhart Wm A slsmn1055 Denman, p. 517
- Rheinhart Wm A Jr1055 Denman, p. 517
- *Rhinehart S S4001 West 11th, p. 205
- Rhinehart Smith S retired4001 West 11th, p. 518
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.