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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rideouts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses

The directories print nine people named Rideout at nine addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Ridout. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Rideouts 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

    970 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Rideout, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Regan at 966 and K E Thelander at 976. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3403 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • B J B Rideout 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Cotter at 3417. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    468 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Walter W Ridout, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Sweet at 450 and T Masuda at 498. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1892 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W J Rideout 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Roper at 1884 and W McKean at 1896. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2834 Spruce Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Job Rideout 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Todrick at 2820 and Dr W LeR Pedlow at 2846. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3345 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Doreen Rideout, a saleswoman at Famous 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Atkens at 3341. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1953 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W C Rideout, a butcher at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: I W Brown at 1949 and Mrs E McDougall at 1959. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2861 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • R B C Ridout, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Findlay at 2847 and F M Wallace at 2875. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1876 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Rideout, widow of W C 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Goodland at 1866 and A Eckstein at 1890. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a butcher, a laborer, a painter, a salesman and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Rideout at 970 Burrard Street, a painter. B J B Rideout is listed at 3403 East 23rd 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 Benjamin J B Rideout there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Walter W Ridout at 468 East 5th Avenue, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Rideout at 1892 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Job Rideout at 2834 Spruce Street. The 1940 name section lists Doreen Rideout at 3345 West 11th Avenue, a saleswoman at Famous.

W C Rideout is listed at 1953 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William C Rideout there as the householder, a butcher at Burns & Co. R B C Ridout is listed at 2861 West 34th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Reginald B C Ridout there as the householder, a salesman.

Mrs M Rideout is listed at 1876 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Martha Rideout there as the householder, widow of W C.

Today

2861 West 34th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 970 Burrard (1975), 3403 East 23rd (2009), 468 East 5th (2010) and 3345 West 11th (2021) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1892 Kingsway, 2834 Spruce, 1953 West 2nd and 1876 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Rideouts

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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.